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CULTURE
Jun 19, 2020
YouTuber Laranzo Dacres highlights the experience of being Black in Japan
The YouTube channel The Black Experience Japan explores the lives of black people living in Japan through interviews and a journalistic approach.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2020
Abe apologizes over arrest of ex-justice minister in vote-buying case
Public prosecutors on the same day arrested Katsuyuki Kawai and his lawmaker wife, Anri Kawai, over vote-buying.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Jun 18, 2020
NPB set to return in altered form amid pandemic
Stadiums will be devoid of fans initially and socially distant celebrations will be the norm as the league prepares to play ball.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2020
Majority of Japan firms cutting jobs and pay to survive pandemic
Over half of the respondents criticized the government's response, dashing hopes for a solid recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 18, 2020
Japan banks' overseas investments hit high despite market turmoil
The banks are piling into risky debt overseas to beat their lowly returns on interest rates at home.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2020
As race to govern Tokyo kicks off, Olympics and coronavirus top agenda
Incumbent Yuriko Koike is the front-runner, riding a wave of popularity since the capital saw relatively low casualties from its initial brush with the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2020
Tokyo confirms 41 new coronavirus cases, exceeding 40 for third day this week
The metropolitan government plans to completely lift its business closure requests for the capital on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2020
European lawmakers chide Japan over abduction of children by a parent
European lawmakers lobbied by fathers unable to see children taken by Japanese mothers urged Tokyo on Tuesday to combat the abduction of minors by one parent and change a law that does not recognize joint custody after a split.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 17, 2020
How Eisenhower's June 1960 trip to Okinawa became a catalyst for reversion
Petitions became protests, and demands became demonstrations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 17, 2020
Japan’s new wave: Cash, bankruptcies and inequality
The pandemic will widen the wealth gap. Bigger firms will survive, while the small decide it's not worth it.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jun 17, 2020
Gaming world remains land of untapped potential for sumo
Putting a sport in front of the eyeballs of the younger generation guarantees much higher rates of engagement and participation at all levels.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2020
Host and hostess bars in Japan scramble to adjust to COVID-19 reality
The industry faces an intensifying public backlash after reports emerged that a recent spike in cases stemmed largely from nighttime entertainment districts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2020
Tokyo confirms 16 new coronavirus cases, falling below 20 for first time in a week
The last time daily new infection cases fell under 20 was June 10, when 18 cases were reported.
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

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