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FC TOKYO

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 30, 2021
Masahiro Tanaka says timing was right for return to Japan with Eagles
Tanaka returns to Rakuten after seven seasons with the New York Yankees
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 28, 2021
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney throws support behind holding Tokyo Games
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney has thrown his support behind the Tokyo Olympics this summer, saying the games should be held with a limit on the number of fans and would serve as an inspiration for the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 28, 2021
In trying week, Suga fails to quell disquiet at the Diet over coronavirus response
During days of debates, the ruling LDP was forced to concede ground on criminalizing noncompliance with virus measures but will press on with fines, Go To programs and the Olympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 28, 2021
Australia planning to vaccinate athletes before Tokyo Games
Australia is planning to vaccinate its Olympians against COVID-19 before they head to the Tokyo Games, federal sport minister Richard Colbeck said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2021
Tokyo Olympics member says games going ahead 'is up to the U.S.'
The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers have been increasingly bullish in recent weeks about the prospect of holding the postponed games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2021
IOC's Dick Pound wants to examine reasons for public apathy toward staging Tokyo Olympics
He said the decision on whether the games go ahead this summer must be made by May at the latest and stressed that another delay was not possible.
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2021
New Zealand Olympic Committee head believes some athletes could skip Tokyo Games
Some New Zealand athletes may choose to skip the Tokyo Games this year due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Radio New Zealand quoted Kereyn Smith, the head of the country's Olympic committee (NZOC), as saying on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2021
Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity months after Olympics
Japan has arranged to buy 314 million doses, but problems seen in vaccine rollouts elsewhere have stirred doubt that Japan will get those supplies on time.
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
Typhoon Ampil lashes eastern Japan with heavy rain and wind
Waves crash ashore amid Typhoon Ampil on Tokyo's Hachijojima Island on Friday. The dangerous storm is brushing by the Kanto region but will not make landfall.
Japan lifts megaquake alert after no major seismic activity detected
An electronic signboard at Tokyo Station displays information about a megaquake alert last Saturday. The government lifted the alert on Thursday but urged continued vigilance.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Seoul authorities find toxic substances in Shein and Temu products
The Shein logo adors the company's first pop-up store in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 2.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Global mindset crucial for reform of Japan's health care, minister says
In the past 11 months, health minister Keizo Takemi has been charting his own path, seeking to make Japan's health care policies more global and digitalized.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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