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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 6, 2022
Japan government JST agency announces winners of female researcher awards
The government-affiliated Japan Science and Technology Agency announced the winners of this year's awards for excellence in science by female researchers on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 6,264 new cases, up about 2,500 week-on-week
The seven-day average of new infections in the capital grew 49.3% week-on-week to 5,556, the metropolitan government said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 6, 2022
'Our Man in Tokyo': An ambassador's view of a decade of turbulence
Through diary entries, diplomatic dispatches and firsthand accounts, biographer Steve Kemper explores the pivotal years leading up to World War II from the perspective of Joseph Grew.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan tallies 75,645 new cases, up by 30,000 from a week ago
By prefecture, Tokyo had the largest number of cases Saturday, at 7,967, followed by Hokkaido, at 7,463, Aichi, 5,031, Kanagawa, 4,644, and Saitama, 4,294.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan confirms 32,919 new cases
Meanwhile, the seven-day average of new infections in Tokyo climbed 33.7% week on week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 6,686 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases grew 39.4% week on week to 4,699.9, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said.
LIFE
Nov 3, 2022
Pandas still popular in Japan, 50 years after first arrival
The first pair of pandas to be kept at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, Kang Kang and Lan Lan, arrived from China in October 1972.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 6,346 new cases in significant rise
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo rose by 1,999 from a week before to 6,346 on Wednesday, marking a week-on-week rise for the 11th straight day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 1, 2022
Tokyo begins recognition of same-sex partnerships
However, same-sex marriage is prohibited nationwide, meaning various legal protections only afforded to married couples remain unavailable as well.
BUSINESS / Longform
Oct 31, 2022
Can Japan’s pandemic-hit amusement parks return with a bang?
Does the opening of Ghibli Park in Aichi Prefecture reflect a turnaround in fortunes for theme park operators in Japan?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 31, 2022
Buffaloes' magic in Japan Series conjures memories of past glories
Orix Buffaloes defeat of Yakult Swallows in the series at the weekend came 26 years after predecessors Orix BlueWave took the title with a victory over Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 31, 2022
Yamathoners once again take to the streets of Tokyo for charity
The annual Tokyo Yamathon event draws 1,155 participants and raises more than u00a54.5 million for charity.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2022
Buffaloes end Japan Series title drought with victory over Swallows in Game 7
Orix won the final four games to win the franchise's first Japan Series since Ichiro Suzuki helped the BlueWave win the title in 1996.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2022
Celebrations relatively restrained as Halloween returns to Tokyo
After waves of COVID-19 and memories of a costumed assailant last year, Shibuya's Halloween partygoers were met with alcohol bans and more security.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2022
Buffaloes move to brink of Japan Series crown with victory in Game 6
Orix has won three straight games and can clinch the title with a victory in Game 7 at Jingu Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 44,632 new cases and 39 deaths
The nationwide number of seriouslly ill coronavirus patients grew by eight from the previous day to 129.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2022
Tokyo's Shibuya Ward boosts police patrols ahead of Halloween
Police are being extra vigilant this year after a man who wore a Joker costume attacked 17 people with a knife on a Tokyo train on Halloween last year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Oct 29, 2022
This Halloween, play dead with some made-in-Japan horror games
You don't have to trudge to the movie theater this Halloween to get your share of screen screams.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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