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FC TOKYO

COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2020
The Tokyo Olympics should not be held amid coronavirus pandemic
Hiroshi Hoketsu, 79, is a Japanese three-time Olympic equestrian. He made his Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Games and became the oldest Japanese Olympian when he participated in the 2012 London Games at age 71.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 28, 2020
Tokyo confirms 78 new COVID-19 cases Monday
People in their 20s made up the largest proportion of the group, at 26, while those in their 30s and 40s totaled 28, the metropolitan government said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2020
Tokyo confirms 270 new cases of COVID-19
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Saturday it had confirmed 270 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2020
Can Japan balance controlling COVID-19 with rebooting the economy?
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike once likened pursuing both as “stepping on the gas and brakes at the same time,” and experts say mixed messages may confuse the public.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2020
Xbox targets mobile gamers with new cloud service in Japan
Microsoft is also engaging creators in the country, distributing development kits to more than 100 of them.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2020
Suga and Koike agree to move forward with holding Tokyo Games
The two are the latest in a string of top government officials and organizers who have recently tried to quell concerns over whether it is feasible to host the games.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Sep 21, 2020
Buffaloes score with play, uniforms during mostly positive week on diamond
The Orix Buffaloes looked good last week.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 20, 2020
A digital pivot at Japan’s universities: ‘A lot of us expected to have our worst semesters online’
The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the fall term, leaving professors and students scrambling to adapt to shifting rules and digital education.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2020
Tokyo confirms 218 new COVID-19 cases, for second straight day over 200
The number of novel coronavirus cases newly confirmed in Tokyo came to 218 on Saturday, topping 200 for the second consecutive day, the metropolitan government said.
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2020
As cyberattacks rise globally, Japan's digital security found lacking
Ministerial sectionalism and the lack of a central cybersecurity body are stopping the government from getting a clear-eyed view of cyberthreats, an expert says.
2720 — the year when Japan is left with just one child
Children at a traditional festival in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Thursday. A forecast made by Tohoku University professor Hiroshi Yoshida estimates that Japan will be left with just one child on Jan. 5, 2720, based on current birthrate trends.
Swiping in Japan: How Gen Z is changing the dating app game
Many Japanese dating apps have ways to detail specific interests that can be as narrow as one particular TV show, game or an artist.
Japan warns on speculative FX moves after yen hits six month low
The yen hit its lowest level against the dollar since July on Tuesday, prompting a warning from Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato over speculative moves.
Tokyo looks to ease the pain — both physical and financial — of childbirth
A subsidy for epidural childbirths was one of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's campaign promises when she ran for her position last year.
French far-right figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen dies
Jean-Marie Le Pen gives a speech on Feb. 3, 1973
Swiping in Japan: How Gen Z is changing the dating app game
Many Japanese dating apps have ways to detail specific interests that can be as narrow as one particular TV show, game or an artist.
Blinken in final Japan visit as Trump's return weighs on Tokyo's mind
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya at the start of their working lunch at a hotel in Tokyo on Tuesday.
2720 — the year when Japan is left with just one child
Children at a traditional festival in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Thursday. A forecast made by Tohoku University professor Hiroshi Yoshida estimates that Japan will be left with just one child on Jan. 5, 2720, based on current birthrate trends.
‘Fracture’ dissects 100 years of Japanese graphic design
Ian Lynam's "Fracture" is the result of 15 years of research and production and excavates 100 years of Japanese graphic design history from the Meiji (1868-1912) to Showa eras (1926-89).
Taking a page from Ukraine war, SDF carves out growing role for drones
An Air Self-Defense Force airman sets up a drone during a bilateral live fire exercise at Draughon Range, near Misawa Air Base, in Aomori Prefecture in July 2023.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
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