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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 25,444 new cases
The number of daily new coronavirus cases in the capital fell by about 4,000 from a week earlier on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 23, 2022
Full-size replica of Shibuya crossing helps bring film and TV to life
The set features copies of some Shibuya ground-level structures including entrances to the subway network, working traffic lights, and even a set of public toilets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 47,800 more cases than last Sunday
The figure was up 2,040 from a week ago, while the capital also recorded 29 deaths linked to the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs over 250,000 new cases for third straight day
Tokyo reported 23 deaths and 25,277 new cases, up 1,504 from the same day a week earlier, while Osaka Prefecture logged 23,098 new infections and 28 deaths.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 20, 2022
Swallows slugger Murakami has eyes on history after launching two more homers
Murakami has already set a pair of records this season, including becoming the first player to hit home runs in five consecutive plate appearances.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2022
Aoki asked for favors from Tokyo Olympic exec until just before Games began
Public prosecutors believe the firm had relied on the exec for not only sponsorship selection but also a wide-range of pursuits, including sales of officially licensed products.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 20, 2022
Memento mori: Photography in the face of the inevitable
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum examines how we face our own mortality in the new exhibition “TOP Collection: The Illumination of Life by Death.”
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 27,676, up sharply from last Friday
The hospital bed occupancy rate for COVID-19 patients remained high at 59.8%, with 4,242 people being hospitalized.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 19, 2022
Arrest of former Tokyo Olympics executive has Sapporo worried
The city is in the middle of efforts to drive up public support for its 2030 Winter Games bid, and reduced enthusiasm due to the scandal could prove fatal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2022
Ex-Tokyo Olympics executive received written request from Aoki
According to regulations, members of the organizing committee were defined as quasi-public servants banned from receiving money or goods in relation to their duties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Aug 19, 2022
Tokyo ward finds 1 in 3 recluses don't want government help to reintegrate
The local authority's survey also showed that 1 in 24 households have someone who will not go out to work or school and rarely interacts with anyone outside their immediate family.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 19, 2022
Mel Rojas Jr. home run helps Tigers snap losing streak
The Tigers piled on the runs and snapped an eight-game losing streak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2022
Aoki sponsor decision may have been set before official Olympic selection
There is little evidence that advertising giant Dentsu, which handled sponsorship applications, had asked other apparel companies whether they were interested in sponsorship contracts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 18, 2022
No backpedaling for Suginami Ward’s bicycling mayor
Satoko Kishimoto is a breath of fresh air in local politics. But can she bring about change?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 17, 2022
Tokyo prosecutors arrest former Olympic committee executive and ex-Aoki chairman
Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, a former senior managing director of ad giant Dentsu and a powerful figure in sports circles, allegedly received u00a551 million from the retailer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan cases rise back above 200,000 as 15 prefectures set records
A total of 286 deaths were reported nationwide, including 35 in Osaka and 25 in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2022
Hirotoshi Takanashi sets tone as Swallows hold off Tigers
After snapping a seven-game losing skid on Sunday, the Swallows scored four runs by the third inning at Jingu Stadium off Hanshin ace Koyo Aoyagi.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 15, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 23,135 new cases
The daily tally increased week on week for the first time in 10 days while exceeding 20,000 for the seventh straight day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 14, 2022
Tokyo Olympic scandals put marketing giant Dentsu's business in spotlight
Prosecutors are now investigating Haruyuki Takahashi, and the suspicious flow of funds from Aoki Holdings to his company.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: New cases in Japan fall by 43,800 week on week
Tokyo logged 23,773 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, down by 7,197 from a week before.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
Accident halts Tokaido Shinkansen services between Hamamatsu and Nagoya
Workers engage in restoration work on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, where two maintenance trains had derailed on Monday.
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Tiny Japanese startup is bringing AI dating to the masses
Goki Kusunoki, CEO and co-founder of Samansa, with the company's Loverse app in Tokyo on May 10. The app allows interaction only with generative artificial intelligence.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Why Japanese researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
Lamposts and other signs throughout Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, display warnings, evacuation routes and measurements of height above sea level. The town has been hit by eight tsunami in its recorded history.
Akatsuki Japan believes it can 'surprise the world' in Paris
Mai Yamamoto drives to the basket during an Olympic tune-up game against New Zealand in Tokyo on July 4.
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.

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

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
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