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JAPAN XV

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2021
Tokyo Olympics to bar fans under new COVID-19 emergency
Organizers made the unprecedented decision to close venues in the Tokyo area just two weeks ahead of the opening of the games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 8, 2021
An outside look at the Chinese Communist Party's 100th birthday
President Xi Jinping's speech marking the 100-year anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party was never going to win the hearts and minds of China's neighbors — including Japan's media.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2021
South Korea's 'comfort women' face life's end as political fight rages on
The few remaining say they are facing the twilight of their lives with diminished camaraderie and will to fight.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2021
Japan's quarantine protocols revised amid fears of highly transmissible variants
From Friday, people who have recently been in Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Zambia are required to observe a 10-day quarantine in government-designated facilities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2021
Tokyo Olympics spectator issue moves into the political arena
With signs emerging of a new wave of infections in the capital, competing narratives are emerging about the safety of allowing fans at Olympic venues.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2021
Experts in Japan warn of unseasonable spread of cold-like virus
RSV usually causes cold-like symptoms, including fever and a severe cough, and most people recover in a week or two, but it can lead to more serious complications.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2021
Osaka requests extension to quasi-emergency COVID-19 measures
In a letter to Suga, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura noted that the weekly rolling average of new infections was increasing, especially for young people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2021
Japan expected to deliver at least ¥20 trillion in new stimulus
The new spending would come as Suga looks to shore up support amid widespread dissatisfaction with his handling of the virus and a vaccine rollout that's lagged other developed nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2021
With variants on the rise, Japan sticks to firm COVID-19 guidance
With more than a third of people age 65 and over having received a second shot, more and more are starting to wonder if they can finally be mask-free outdoors.

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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’