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TOKYO

Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 9, 2020
I achieved my wildest dreams. Then depression hit.
I’d spent my life training for the Olympics, but I wasn’t prepared for what came next.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Dec 7, 2020
Teenager Kaine Roberts getting chance to grow with Earthfriends
Newcomer Kaine Roberts is by far the youngest member of the Earthfriends Tokyo Z and has the chance to grow into an elite player.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2020
Australian and Japanese companies aim to bury Asia's carbon emissions under the sea
Major energy producers have championed carbon capture and storage as a means to curb their emissions footprint.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2020
Travelers to Japan are using public transit after arrival, and that's a problem
Lax enforcement of rules stopping travelers from overseas using trains and buses from airports is becoming a vulnerability in Japan's efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 5, 2020
Spaces for living: How Tokyo’s urban landscape deals with change
Exploring the city's constant flux — and the cost to its heritage.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 4, 2020
'Tokyo Ueno Station' novelist Yu Miri magnifies the quietest voices
Japanese-born Korean writer Yu Miri won a National Book Award for her novel about the ghost of a construction worker.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 3, 2020
As virus spreads, Japan looks to extend — not cancel — Go To Travel
The central government is planning to move the deadline for the travel subsidy campaign from January to June.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 3, 2020
Issey Miyake and New Balance tie-ups take textiles to the next level
Exhibitions showcasing the fashion brands' creative collaborations with artists highlight the evolution of fabrics.
Chinese buyer of Okinawa Island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon's detention
A motorcade believed to be carrying impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeo arrives at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, South Korea, late Saturday.
German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows
German Ambassador to the U.S. Andreas Michaelis has described U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's agenda for his second White House term as one of "maximum disruption."
AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo win U.S. approval for breast cancer drug
Daiichi Sankyo's headquarters in Tokyo
TikTok shuts down U.S. access as Trump seeks app's reinstatement
After months of legal tussles, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would ban TikTok in the name of national security.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.
A slow dive into ‘a moment and an eternity’ with Ryuichi Sakamoto
From the mid-2000s onward, Ryuichi Sakamoto created a number of installation works, often in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, of multimedia art collective Dumb Type.
The efforts to bridge the disaster information gap, 30 years on
Roxana Oshiro and her husband gather their belongings in front of their house in Furukawacho, in Kobe's Suma Ward, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
Japan looks to up the ante with more money and partners in military aid program
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo hold a joint news conference in Taguig City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake

Podcast

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

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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