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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 2, 2021
Protecting democracy in a free and open Indo-Pacific
Japan and Australia need to team up with the United States and the United Kingdom to shore up values and ideals in the region.
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BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2021
In Japan, golf booms as go-to leisure activity during pandemic
The sport has seen increases in visits to courses and related merchandise sales, as more people — particularly those from younger generations — are taking it up as a new hobby.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Mar 2, 2021
Escape artists accused of freeing Carlos Ghosn can't evade reckoning in Japan
Emails, court documents and more than a dozen interviews detail the Taylors' failed quest to employ tactics that let so many well-connected people avoid legal trouble in the Trump era.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2021
U.S. suspects in Carlos Ghosn's escape arrested by Japan prosecutors
An airplane from Boston carrying Michael Taylor, 60, a former Green Beret, and his son, Peter Taylor, 28, arrived at Narita Airport near Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon.
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JAPAN
Mar 2, 2021
China urges Japan not to 'complicate' situation over disputed Senkakus
China's Defense Ministry has doubled-down on the issue, noting pointedly that it would work to normalize the patrols in the waters near the islets.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 2, 2021
Japan and Argentina U-24s to play pair of friendlies in late March
Japan's prospective Olympic men's soccer team will gear up for the Tokyo Games by hosting two friendlies against their under-24 counterparts from Argentina in late March, the Japan Football Association said Monday.
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JAPAN
Mar 1, 2021
South Korean leader says Seoul 'always ready to sit down' with Tokyo
President Moon Jae-in used a speech marking a popular uprising against Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule to reiterate his willingness to hold talks over wartime history issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2021
Clubhouse won over Elon Musk. Now it’s conquering the world.
With its stunning emergence this year, Clubhouse has already become the biggest U.S. social-media success story in nine years after the Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat era.
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JAPAN
Mar 1, 2021
Japan receives third batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
The shipment of up to 526,500 doses of the first vaccine against the novel coronavirus that Japan has approved for use was delivered to Narita Airport near Tokyo from Belgium.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2021
Japan condemns killing of protesters by Myanmar security forces
Japan on Monday condemned the use of deadly force by Myanmar security forces against protesters of last month's military coup.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 1, 2021
Environmental activism is at the heart of Nagoya's international community
The search for friendship and community among foreign residents of Nagoya has become intimately tied to environmental education and activism.
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JAPAN
Feb 28, 2021
Japan travel campaign to stay suspended after emergency lifted
The resumption of the Go To Travel campaign, which some experts believe caused the coronavirus to spread nationwide, would come only after preventive measures are taken, officials said.
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JAPAN
Feb 28, 2021
Pandemic puts pressure on Japan to open up rice stockpile to charities
As job losses have surged due to the impact of the spread of the novel coronavirus, demand for food handouts has skyrocketed in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2021
Pandemic widens divide between winners and losers in Japanese clothing business
An increasing number of people are gravitating toward reasonably priced functional garments and moving away from traditional business wear as working remotely becomes more common.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 27, 2021
Harassment doesn’t end in the office. It can follow you home.
Working remotely has put the spotlight on managers overstepping their boundaries with staff.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021
Corporate selloffs reflect tough times in Japan amid pandemic
Leading Japanese companies are considering selling off prestigious headquarters in central Tokyo as COVID-19 continues to reshape business operations.
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JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021
Japan governors urge Suga administration to deliver vaccine rollout blueprint
The governors will ask that the government swiftly deliver on its plans, including disclosing a timeline of when people can expect to get their shots.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 27, 2021
Judo federation head Yasuhiro Yamashita hints at stepping down
Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita on Friday hinted he may quit as the head of the All Japan Judo Federation following allegations one of its former executive officers engaged in harassment of a staff member.
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JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021
Japan to begin allowing in foreign Olympic athletes, report says
Japan temporarily suspended exemptions allowing foreign athletes to train in the country ahead of the Tokyo Games as it closed its borders to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021
IOC and Tokyo organizers to discuss the possibility of Olympic spectators next week
The International Olympic Committee and four other organizing bodies of this summer's Tokyo Games plan to hold a high-level meeting next Wednesday on the subject.

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