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JAPAN
Aug 3, 2022
Japan learns to live with COVID-19 as locals flock to travel spots
Domestic travel is booming as people enjoy their first restriction-free summer since 2019 and as tight border rules keep away foreign visitors that typically crowd popular attractions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 2, 2022
Experts urge Japan to downgrade COVID to similar class as seasonal flu
Making it the equivalent of a Class V disease would affect which hospitals and clinics can treat patients, as well as the reporting of cases.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Cases in Tokyo fall week-on-week for second straight day
Tokyo confirmed 30,842 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, down by 751 a week before amid growing signs that the seventh wave of the virus may have peaked.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 2, 2022
Japan study shows protein in blood post-infection may predict COVID severity
Patients with particularly elevated levels of MYL9 are at greater risk of severe illness, Chiba University Hospital researchers have found.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2022
Japan's top airline ANA reports first net profit in 10 quarters
Relaxed COVID-19 measures and a falling yen both boosted demand for domestic and international travel.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: New Tokyo cases down slightly from week before
Monday's daily tally of 21,958 was down by 429 cases from a week earlier, the first week-on-week decline in 13 days.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 31,541 new cases, the 12th straight day of week-on-week rise
The seven-day average of new cases rose 31.1% from a week earlier to 32,177.6. There were 23 severely ill patients, down by one from Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 31, 2022
The centuries-old mines stirring South Korea-Japan tensions
Some of the gold and silver mines of Sado are believed to have started operating as early as the 12th century and produced until after World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 33,466 new cases and 12 deaths
The deaths included eight people in their 80s, three people in their 90s and one person who was over 100 years old, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2022
Japan protests South Korean military drills near disputed islands
It was the first South Korean military exercises conducted near the islands since December and since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2022
Tokyo to introduce COVID-19 self-testing system
The system is aimed at easing the burden on medical institutions at a time when COVID-19 infections are spreading faster than ever before in the capital.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 29, 2022
Yen advances to level that threatens this year’s big foreign exchange short
The Japanese currency climbed more than 1% Friday, rising for a third day in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
By Greg Dvorak

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