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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 28, 2022
Shionogi says COVID-19 pill trial shows reduction in symptoms
The drug met the trial's goal of reducing five key symptoms of the omicron variant within 72 hours of onset, the company said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2022
Little to celebrate as Japan and China mark 50 years of ties
Amid issues over territory and Taiwan, experts say the best Tokyo and Beijing can hope for is to stop ties from crumbling further in the near-term.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 5,327 new cases
The seven-day average of new infections has dropped 9.7% week on week to 6,253.6.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 28, 2022
Kamala Harris pledges that U.S. will 'continue to support Taiwan's self-defense'
The U.S. vice president lambasted China's ongoing “pressure campaign” aimed at Taiwan during a visit to the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2022
Japan plays ‘critical role’ in chip supply chain, says U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris
The vice president's four-day visit to Japan and South Korea is intended to shore up economic and national security ties between the U.S. and Asian allies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2022
Japan’s businesses brace for long-awaited return of tourists
Spending by inbound travelers totaled u00a54.8 trillion in 2019. The question now is how much of that will come back, and how soon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022
Japan's COVID-19 herd immunity near 90% after omicron wave, study shows
People in Tokyo, Osaka and Okinawa Prefecture got most of their immunity through contagion amid high case counts in those areas, researchers found.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 5,247 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 6,501.0, compared with 7,430.3 a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2022
Taiwan VIPs' visit for Abe funeral signals deepening relationship with Japan
Japan included 'Taiwan' among the names of countries read aloud during the funeral — part of recent moves that point to deepening ties between Tokyo and Taipei.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2022
The funerals for former prime ministers that were attended by U.S. presidents
Current U.S. President Joe Biden skipped the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, and Vice President Kamala Harris attended the event instead.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 27, 2022
50 years on, Japan-China ties shift from cooperation to competition
Not just in steel-making, Japanese companies are increasingly lagging behind Chinese counterparts also in shipbuilding and home electronics manufacturing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 26, 2022
Japan and China's 'hot' economic ties increasingly complex
Fifty years on from Japan's restoration of relations with Beijing, trade and investment between the two nations is now more likely to feel an impact from political tensions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 6,316 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 6,293.4, compared with 8,153.3 a week earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 26, 2022
With drills and fighter jets, German defense minister seeks stronger Indo-Pacific ties
Building on the monthslong dispatch of a frigate to the Indo-Pacific last year, Germany is set to deploy three fighter jets to Japan for joint training with the ASDF.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2022
South Korea's Yoon vows to rebuild Japan ties — whatever challenges lie ahead
President Yoon Suk-yeol stressed that a single round of bilateral talks alone will not bring about satisfactory results, after his meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week.
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

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