Tag - x-japan

 
Menu
Search
 
November 29, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

X JAPAN

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 3, 2020
Pandemics, fear and discrimination: Are Japanese cities ready for life with COVID-19?
Fighting discrimination is a key issue in municipal integration policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2020
Koike urges caution as growing number of Tokyo COVID-19 infections traced to young people
The capital is conducting group PCR tests in host and hostess bars, maid cafes and nightclubs in an attempt to pre-emptively contain cluster infections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 3, 2020
Japan figuring out how to deliver goods untouched by people amid pandemic
Labor shortage and virus fears push robotics and logistics companies to explore ways to integrate technology into consumer deliveries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 3, 2020
‘Japan Sinks: 2020’: When disaster strikes, keep your family close
Masaaki Yuasa's new anime series about the literal sinking of Japan may hit close to home for viewers, but the main takeaway is that love is the key to survival.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2020
Tokyo reports 107 coronavirus cases, highest in two months
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga again said that the central government is not considering declaring a state of emergency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 1, 2020
Japan's immigration authorities resume processing of visa applications
The move is expected to speed up entry clearance for foreign nationals with applications stuck in pending.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2020
Japan's return to state of emergency an option, but only in 'worst-case scenario'
Remarks by the government's top spokesman came before Tokyo confirmed 67 COVID-19 cases — the highest daily figure since 87 were reported on May 4.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2020
Tokyo reports 67 new COVID-19 cases, highest in almost two months
Infections in the capital topped 50 for the sixth day running, a day after Gov. Yuriko Koike announced changes to guidelines on monitoring the spread of the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 1, 2020
Peeling back the hospital curtain: One Japanese hospital's fight against COVID-19
As the country emerges from a state of emergency, hospitals like one in Yokohama face the prospect of operating in the shadow of a virus with no treatment or cure.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
By Greg Dvorak

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’
SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER