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JAPAN XV

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JAPAN
Aug 1, 2020
'Higher culture' Japan acted like it had the virus under wraps, but now it’s everywhere
Japan risks becoming a warning for what happens when a country moves too fast to normalize its economy and doesn't adjust its strategy when the outbreak changes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 1, 2020
Tokyo’s restaurants stare down COVID-19: ‘We have to stay open’
All of Tokyo's restaurants share a common goal: weathering COVID-19. Three — Tonkatsu Tonki, Mark's Table and LalaChai — share their stories.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2020
Tokyo may call state of emergency as daily coronavirus cases soar
Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday said Tokyo may need to declare its own state of emergency after announcing a record-breaking 463 coronavirus cases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. virus relief checks offer no relief to Honda's short-handed office staff
Due to a staff shortage, the office workers are now toiling away on the assembly line.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2020
Japan reports over 1,500 new coronavirus cases, setting another new high
Okinawa declares state of emergency as prefecture reports record high 71 cases.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2020
Japan's post-pandemic information technology challenges
A 'shock therapy' policy that identifies clear targets and timelines, and implements reforms in one go, is needed to push forward Japan's digital transformation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jul 31, 2020
Suspended resort plan forces Hokkaido city to rethink tourism strategy
The plan was to construct luxury hotels and condominiums for affluent foreign visitors on a plot of about 1,000 hectares.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 31, 2020
Japan Basketball Association to host marquee event in Yoyogi
Elite players from the country's men's and women's teams as well as members of Japan's 3x3 and wheelchair basketball sides are set to participate.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jul 31, 2020
YouTube traveler John Daub faces a new online landscape
John Daub's travel-centric Only In Japan channel is finding a new path amid difficulties stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2020
Japan logs record 1,304 new coronavirus cases amid nationwide surge
Tokyo reported a record 367 new cases on Thursday as the metropolitan government asked restaurants and karaoke bars to limit their operating hours.
Japan rescues Mexican man from Senkakus
A Mexican man rescued near Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku chain in Okinawa Prefecture is believed to have drifted to the area in a canoe from the island of Yonaguni, also in Okinawa.
Japanese government considers taking precautions against mpox
The Foreign Ministry has issued a Level 1 infectious disease alert for seven African countries, urging travelers to take precautions against mpox during visits to those nations.
Alain Delon, French heartthrob on the big screen, dies at 88
French actor Alain Delon arrives with his daughter, Anouchka Delon, to be awarded with an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in southern France in May 2019.
LDP pinning hope on boost from leader change
The ruling Liberal Democratic Praty hopes to capitalize on a sense of renewal stemming from the election of a new president to succeed Fumio Kishida, who has said he will not seek reelection.
Shigeru Ishiba to announce LDP leadership candidacy soon
If Shigeru Ishiba, a former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announces his candidacy for the party's presidential election, it will be his fifth attempt at the top post.
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.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
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.
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.

Podcast

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