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JAPAN
Jul 26, 2022
China sends drone on solo mission near key Okinawan waterway for first time
The Japanese Defense Ministry said it scrambled fighter jets to monitor the drone, which did not violate the country's territorial airspace.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Jul 25, 2022
Back in business? The key sector missing out on Japan's tourism reboot
Organizers of international conferences and exhibitions will need to wait a little longer before business travelers return to Japan in droves.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jul 25, 2022
After 10 years, 'Toyota-ism' takes root in Tohoku as force for reconstruction
Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda has said, “There will be no recovery of Japan without the recovery of the Tohoku region.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2022
Japan's regional banks face post-pandemic struggle
Regional banks are expected to face growing calls for financial assistance, such as loan repayment deferrals, to small and medium-sized businesses saddled with excessive debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2022
Former Japan economy minister calls for talks on big extra budget in fall
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said he will think about another budget depending on the circumstances.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2022
Japan minister urges young people to get a third COVID-19 shot
The probability of the currently dominant BA.5 omicron subvariant causing severe symptoms is almost the same as those of previous omicron variants.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2022
Local governments rush to deal with COVID-19 surge
Local governments in Japan are ramping up efforts to deal with surging cases of the BA.5 omicron variant of COVID-19.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 24, 2022
New COVID-19 wave begins hitting beer garden operations
As new COVID-19 cases have rapidly increased, cancellations of reservations at recently opened beer gardens have also been on the rise.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2022
Three bodies, believed to be missing Hokkaido tour boat passengers, still kept by Russia
The Japanese and Russian governments are still negotiating the handover of the bodies discovered on the Russian island of Sakhalin and Kunashiri.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2022
How Beijing’s unpopularity is undermining its global ambitions
Japan needs to team up with the U.S. and other allies to better understand and counter China's attempts to influence Southeast Asian nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2022
As COVID wave grows, Japan beefs up response but won't limit business activities
With the seventh wave reaching unprecedented heights, the government is ramping up the number of hospital beds available and expanding the scope of those eligible for fourth vaccine shots.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2022
Number of severely ill COVID-19 patients surges in Japan
Hospital beds for coronavirus patients are increasingly being occupied, prompting an expert to say that it is wrong to think that omicron does not cause serious symptoms.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
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.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.”

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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