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JAPAN XV

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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 4, 2020
How is the novel coronavirus affecting real estate prices in Japan?
The latest figures show land prices in urban areas have fallen due to stalled transactions, in a pattern expected to lead to the first average decline in six years.
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BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2020
Telework forces a rethink of working and living in Tokyo
A drastic shift to telework is putting a brake on the capital's ever-growing population, which may ease overconcentration in the metropolitan area.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 3, 2020
The 1995 Okinawa rape that shook U.S.-Japan ties
Twenty-five years ago, on Sept. 4, 1995, a 12-year-old girl was abducted, beaten and raped in the village of Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, by three U.S. servicemen — two marines and a naval medic.
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JAPAN
Sep 3, 2020
Tokyo reports 211 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday
A government panel on virus prevention said Wednesday it is too early to say if the resurgence since the end of a state of emergency in late May is over.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2020
China looking to double nuclear stockpile in next decade, Pentagon says
The United States' congressionally mandated report said China currently possesses a stockpile “estimated to be in the low 200s.”
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JAPAN
Sep 2, 2020
Tokyo confirms 141 coronavirus cases as infections appear to slow
The capital hit a record 472 on Aug. 1 and saw daily cases in the triple digits on every day last month except one.
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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Sep 1, 2020
How to reopen national borders
As the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on, countries are now looking at how to allow travel in a bid to help their economies recover.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2020
Tokyo reports 170 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Tuesday confirmed 170 additional cases of the novel coronavirus, a day after recording 100. The single-day figure brought Tokyo’s cumulative total to 20,987 cases.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2020
With eye on China, U.S. aims to 'formalize' four-nation 'Quad' security grouping
The move comes as Japan, Australia, India and U.S. increasingly take a hard line on Beijing.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2020
Japan's 2Q capital expenditure sees biggest decline since 2010
Capital spending shed 11.3 percent between April and June year-on-year, as the COVID-19 crisis hit investments by the manufacturing and service sectors.

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