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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 28, 2020
Tokyo confirms 112 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday
The update brought the single day figure back into triple digits, after totals below 100 were logged over the past couple of days.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2020
Hosting Tokyo Olympics next year difficult without vaccine, says Japan Medical Association chief
JMA president Yoshitake Yokokura also called on the nation to increase virus testing, which he said was not widespread enough to judge whether infection rates were falling.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2020
Tokyo reports 39 new cases on Monday, for lowest daily tally in nearly a month
Tokyo confirmed 39 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, marking the lowest in nearly a month, according to the metropolitan government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2020
A cut above: Tokyo barber launches 'telecut' service as COVID-19 hits business
Mr. Brothers Cut Club of Harajuku has launched what could be the industry's first online haircut service.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2020
Data show huge drops in urban traffic as Japan weighs state of emergency extension
Data showed that foot traffic Sunday afternoon in major urban areas across all 47 prefectures was 50 to 80 percent lower compared with figures from those areas in January and February.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2020
Tokyo records just 72 coronavirus cases Sunday, in lowest daily figure since April 1
Tokyo confirmed 72 new COVID-19 infections Sunday, the first time in 13 days that the number of cases fell into double digits, the metropolitan government reported.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2020
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake jolts Tokyo area
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit Ibaraki Prefecture at 9:49 a.m. Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 25, 2020
A decentralization opportunity goes begging amid COVID-19 outbreak
In Japan, the main obstacle to achieving the kind of widespread self-isolation necessary for limiting the spread of the coronavirus is thought to be the country's work culture. The government, which has always favored policies that benefit the private sector, is averse to countermeasures that would place...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2020
Tokyo reports 103 coronavirus cases as Golden Week holidays begin
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 103 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the capital to 3,836.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2020
Tokyo logs 161 new coronavirus cases as city prepares for Golden Week
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 161 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, bringing the total number of cases in the capital to 3,733.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2020
Gov. Koike urges Tokyo residents to step up social distancing for Golden Week
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike pressed residents Friday to step up social distancing efforts over the next two weeks after previous countermeasures produced unsatisfactory results.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 23, 2020
Resetting the political calendar after COVID-19
Politics are still politics even in the COVID-19 pandemic, and they will still go on, albeit with a new calendar in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2020
Tokyo reports 132 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo confirmed 132 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the metropolitan government said.
‘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
Thaksin’s 37-year-old daughter becomes new Thai premier
Pheu Thai party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra greets members of the media at local news outlet Voice TV in Bangkok on Friday.
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
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.

Podcast

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’
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