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TOKYO

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2021
Most major Japanese firms want Suga out of power
Even if the ruling bloc manages to stay in power through the election, Suga could come under pressure to step down if his coalition loses enough seats, some analysts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2021
As outbreak escalates nationwide, Japan's government considers post-emergency plans
Vaccination rates and the number of severely ill patients are likely to play larger roles whenever the country looks to lift the current state of emergency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2021
Japan's hospitals still under strain — even after hospitalization policy shift
Beds for severely ill COVID-19 patients are almost constantly occupied, and hospitals say a better system is needed for discharging patients.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 18, 2021
Female Afghan Paralympian makes plea for help to get to Tokyo
The Afghanistan Paralympic Committee said on Monday the country's two athletes would not be at the Games starting in Tokyo on Aug. 24 due to turmoil following the Taliban's takeover.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 18, 2021
Tokyo American Club takes vaccination process into its own hands — and into arms of Minato Ward residents
Almost a century old, the Tokyo American Club has added a new mission for the pandemic era: Get people vaccinated.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / FOCUS
Aug 17, 2021
Virus surge in Japan overshadows excitement ahead of the Paralympics
Athletes and officials are caught between worries over COVID-19 and their belief in what the Paralympics can do for inclusiveness and disability sports.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2021
How many Olympic medals are enough?
Is the obsession with winning Olympic glory a healthy form of patriotism or an unhealthy kind of nationalism?
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 15, 2021
In pictures: Ink of the 2020 Tokyo Olympians
The Olympic rings tattoo of Swedish pole vaulter Angelica Bengtsson | AFP-JIJIA tattoo on the arm of American volleyball player Matthew Anderson | AFP-JIJI
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
Hanshin quake sparked changes to Japan's disaster response policies
Self-Defense Forces members search for victims in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 28, 1995, in the wake of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
Fuji TV scrutinized over handling of allegations against ex-SMAP member Nakai
Fuji TV in the Odaiba waterfront area in Tokyo in 2021
Yokozuna Terunofuji retires after injury-plagued career
Terunofuji won 10 titles in sumo's top division during his career.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
With new regional party, Shinji Ishimaru touts rebirth
Shinji Ishimaru announces details of his new regional party at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Nippon Steel’s case against Biden probably unwinnable, attorneys argue
U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pennsylvannia, in 2019. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel face significant legal challenges in their case against the United States.
Japanese companies rush to up English-language disclosures in 2025
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will soon require some companies to publish their financials in English in addition to Japanese.
Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
Epidurals during childbirth have long been uncommon in Japan, though they have been growing more popular in recent years.

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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