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Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 1,215 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital stood at 1,127.9, up 12.7% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023
Ukraine’s envoy to Japan goes all in as a wartime ambassador
Sergiy Korsunsky finds little time to rest as he works to support evacuees, assist the war effort and plan for what comes after peace is achieved.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023
Most Korean plaintiffs in Japan forced-labor cases accept compensation plan
Those who have agreed to accept the government plan are bereaved families of 10 deceased victims.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2023
COVID tracker: Tokyo reports 1,181 new cases in 13th day of uptrend
The seven-day average of new cases in Tokyo came to 1,116.1, compared to 960.6 a week before.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2023
A lonely cry for action as China locks up Japanese on spy charges
Hideji Suzuki says Japan failed him during his six years in a Chinese prison. China’s recent arrest of a Japanese citizen is again testing Tokyo’s resolve.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 1,334 new coronavirus cases
One death was reported among COVID-19 patients in the capital, while the number of severely ill COVID-19 patients under Tokyo's criteria rose by two from the previous day to seven.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 12, 2023
Should Terunofuji be considered an all-time great?
With the yokozuna's status for next month's Summer Basho still pending, it’s worth pondering how sumo history would judge him were he to retire without achieving further glory.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2023
Japan proposes industrial hub in Bangladesh with links to northeast India
The government has approved $1.27 billion in funding to Bangladesh for three infrastructure projects including a new commercial port south of Dhaka with links to adjacent Indian states.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2023
COVID tracker: Tokyo reports 1,490 new cases as rising trend continues
The seven-day average of new infections in the capital came to 1,087.3, compared to 909.9 a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2023
Mask use in Japan at 86% despite eased guidelines, AI analysis finds
Revised guidelines that went into effect in March leave it up to individuals to decide on whether to wear a mask.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 458 new cases
The number of severely ill COVID-19 patients under Tokyo's criteria stood at three, unchanged from the previous day, while two deaths were reported among COVID-19 patients.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Apr 10, 2023
Already at risk, performing arts in northern Okinawa dealt blow by pandemic
The local culture of the Yanbaru region is rich in variety, ranging from dance and theater to staff fighting and drum dancing, but relies on being handed down from generation to generation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2023
Apple supplier Japan Display teams up with China's HKC as it seeks turnaround
The two companies will jointly plan and build fabs using Japan Display's eLEAP OLED technology, targeting mass production in 2025, the firm said.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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