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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 28, 2021
Australia to begin vaccinating Tokyo-bound athletes next week
Officials said that Olympic and Paralympic participants will be inoculated by private contractors in order to avoid burdening the public health system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2021
With 1.1% of people vaccinated, Japan lags behind the developed world
Within Asia, Japan trails China, India, Singapore and South Korea and is only slightly ahead of lower-income nations like the Philippines and Thailand.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 25, 2021
Japan wants more pre-departure virus testing for Olympic and Paralympic teams
Athletes and support staff attending the Tokyo Games will be asked to complete two negative coronavirus tests in the 96 hours before their departure.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 25, 2021
Behind the scramble over Japan's third coronavirus emergency
Behind the scenes, the central and local governments bickered over how best to effectively implement COVID-19 countermeasures, even as cases surged to fresh highs.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 25, 2021
Tom Hovasse's Akatsuki Five focusing on small ball ahead of Olympics
With star forward Ramu Tokashiki still rehabbing from an ACL injury, Japan will need to find ways to make up for its height disadvantage against group opponents France and the United States.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Apr 25, 2021
Olympics a chance for Mexico international Matt Clark to repay Japan
The former Dragons and Buffaloes player has become a fixture in Mexican baseball, helping the country qualify for the Tokyo Games by winning bronze at the 2019 Premier12 tournament.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2021
Third COVID-19 emergency begins in Tokyo and Osaka area amid virus surge
While the emergency does not entail a hard lockdown of the kind some other countries have imposed, the measures have more teeth than the previous declaration in January.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2021
Tokyo Olympic head says not considering cancellation amid virus surge
While Japan marked three months until the opening of the Olympics, there are many questions left unanswered, including whether spectators will be allowed at the games' venues at all.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2021
Olympic torch relay sees first total cancellation
Okinawa Prefecture organizers announced Friday that the May 2 leg in Miyakojima will not be run at all, and no events will be held.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 24, 2021
Nadeshiko Japan facing many obstacles in quest for Olympic gold
With the pandemic interrupting the international soccer calendar, world No. 11 Nadeshiko Japan lost vital warmup opportunities for the Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 24, 2021
Is the IOC putting a torch to ‘freedom of speech’?
Press outlets that are not affiliated with the Summer Games are calling foul on a number of directives issued by Olympics bodies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 24, 2021
Top 5: The best soupless tantanmen in Tokyo
Tantanmen in Japan is less tethered to the dish's Sichuan heritage, leaving room for innovation. Here are five tantanmen restaurants in the capital worth the tongue-tingling spice.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 24, 2021
Australian women leading nation's athletics revival ahead of Tokyo Games
'We'll still have a reasonably strong men's program but the women have been remarkable.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 23, 2021
Becoming Isamu Noguchi: The making of a sculptor
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum's exhibition showcases the ways in which Japanese culture influenced Isamu Noguchi's career as an artist who created works to be “lived,” not merely “seen.”
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 23, 2021
Tokyo 2020 organizers stage rugby sevens test event
Thursday's event focused mostly on logistics and measures to cope with COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2021
Training begins for Tokyo Olympics volunteer leaders
Participants were briefed on their role as a leader, which includes holding meetings prior to shifts, checking on volunteers and confirming the roster for the next day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympic torch staffer becomes event's 1st COVID-19 infection
A police officer helping with Japan's Olympic Torch relay has become the first participant in the event to be diagnosed with COVID-19, organizers said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 22, 2021
Injured Ramu Tokashiki not ready to give up on hopes of competing at Tokyo Olympics
Despite suffering a severe knee injury, Ramu Tokashiki has not yet abandoned her hopes of competing at the Summer Olympics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2021
Carmakers cancel Tokyo Motor Show due to pandemic
The biennial auto show is a major event attracting people and companies from various automotive and other fields, with the latest event held in 2019 drawing some 1.3 million people.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 22, 2021
IOC says athletes who protest during Tokyo Games will be punished
Olympians who take a knee or lift a fist in support of racial equality during the Tokyo Olympics will be punished as the International Olympic Committee maintained its ban on protests inside stadiums, at ceremonies and on podiums on Wednesday.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
U.S.-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component snag
Self-Defense Forces soldiers walk past a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in Tokyo in October 2017.
Nippon Steel hires Mike Pompeo to help clinch purchase of U.S. Steel
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Secluded at beach house, Biden stews at allies’ pressure to drop out
U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama attend a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15.
Japanese culture festival kicks off in London
Matthew Barry (right) tastes sake at the Hyper Japan Festival on Friday in London.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
German, French and Spanish fighter aircraft arrive in Japan for joint drills
Two Air Self-Defense Force F-15s (right) escort two German Air Force Eurofighter jets and an A330MRTT aerial tanker on their arrival in Japan Friday. The ASDF is conducting training exercises with the German, French and Spanish air forces this weekend.

Podcast

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Longform

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As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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