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Tokyo has not seen an increase in overall deaths during the coronavirus outbreak, boosting officials’ assertions that they have largely kept infections under control despite criticism over the limited scope of its testing. The capital saw 33,106 deaths in the three months through March, 0.4 percent fewer than the average of the previous four years for the same period, according to data from the To
People line up to buy lunch at a shop in Tokyo on April 22. Under Japan's coronavirus state of emergency, people have been asked to stay home but many still have to commute to work. | AP Washington – In the four months since the new coronavirus spread from China to become a global pandemic infecting over 3 million individuals and resulting in more than 200,000 deaths, each country has responded to
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A Tokyo train station passageway is crowded with commuters during rush hour on Monday. | AP Sapporo – According to Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry statistics, 13,385 people had been infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus in Japan as of Monday, with 351 confirmed deaths. These numbers have been rising somewhat more rapidly in recent weeks, but despite Japan recording its first case more than thr
A crossing near Tokyo's Shibuya Station. | KYODO COVID-19 in Japan news round-up Japan has finally opened its borders to foreign independent tourists after almost three years — although it may be some time until the level of tourism returns to its pre-pandemic peak. Here are some answers to the most pressing questions would-be tourists and other arrivals should be asking as they dust off their sui
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has quickly become an online meme following his announcement Wednesday evening that the government will distribute two cloth masks to every household in the nation, a policy many slammed as out of touch with reality. Presiding over a COVID-19 meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Abe revealed a batch of measures the government would be taking to alleviate the nationwide
Crowds take in the the cherry blossoms at Ueno Park on Saturday. Signs and barriers in the park are discouraging visitors from holding <em>sakura</em>-viewing parties. | YOSHIAKI MIURA At the time of writing, Japan has just over 900 confirmed cases of coronavirus. That’s 900 cases recorded over a two-month period since the first person — a man who had traveled to Wuhan — was confirmed to have the
Health ministry struggles to provide COVID-19 updates in foreign languages The health ministry, which is at the heart of the nation's ongoing battle with the coronavirus outbreak, is struggling to keep non-Japanese updated on the rapidly escalating situation in a timely manner, hampered by a dearth of staff proficient in foreign languages. As of Tuesday afternoon, the English version of the minist
When Japan’s new National Stadium was unveiled last month, visitors were greeted with several examples of oddly worded English on the signage there: “Hello, Our Stadium,” “Joho no Niwa” and “Please Push the Under Button,” were but some of the phrases. Given that the stadium is intended to put Japan's best face forward to the world at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and that more than a billion dollars was
A growing number of foreign nationals in Japan are speaking out against what they say is a little-known but entrenched system that allows one parent in a broken relationship to take away children and block the other from visiting them. The issue of what domestic and overseas media call parental child "abduction" has regained international attention recently, particularly in Europe where documentar
Australian father gets suspended term for trespassing at in-law's Tokyo home A Tokyo-based Australian journalist and father was given a suspended prison term of six months by the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday for illegally trespassing into a building complex where his in-laws live in Tokyo's Suginami Ward in October, in what the journalist said was an attempt to check on his children after a p
TAIPEI – In Taiwan's presidential election Saturday, young people, who are favorably disposed toward Japan, may have been one of the major contributors to the re-election of incumbent Tsai Ing-wen. They are enthusiastic about Japanese pop culture such as anime, comic books, music and TV dramas. Moreover, they were taught at school about the Japanese empire's colonization and aggression before the
Calls are mounting that Japan allow for joint custody of children after the divorce or separation of their parents — as opposed to awarding sole custody to either parent, which is currently the only option under the Civil Code. The Justice Ministry has launched a study group comprising experts and relevant officials to look into the matter. Last month, a group of people who lost custody of their c
The Justice Ministry said Friday it will launch a study by the end of this year on whether to introduce a system to allow for joint custody of children after their parents divorce. A new panel at the ministry will attempt to resolve major issues regarding the system to allow both a father and mother to share custody, as views in favor of such a system have been growing. But there has also been fir
Dutchman Engel Nieman took his 2-year-old daughter to Osaka this fall to board a slow boat for the Netherlands to visit his dying father. Instead, he found himself aboard a fast boat to jail. Few could have anticipated the grounds for his arrest at Osaka International Ferry Terminal -- kidnapping his own child. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more c
Regarding the story "Parents sue state over custodial rights" in the Nov. 23 edition, I am a victim of the unfair system in Japan that deprives a parent of the right to share custody of a child. I always helped my partner in bringing up my daughter until she was 2½ years old, at which time she was taken away by her Japanese mother from our habitual residence and from me as the only breadwinner. Be
Twelve noncustodial parents from across Japan on Friday filed a liability lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against the central government, demanding a total of ¥12 million in compensation for failure to guarantee parents their constitutional right to raise their children. The 12 plaintiffs are also seeking the creation of a joint custody system. Reiko Koga, a lawyer representing the plaintiff
No fewer than three big-budget Hollywood films based on Japanese originals opened this year: "Alita: Battle Angel," "Pokemon Detective Pikachu" and "Godzilla: King of the Monsters." While all three were still being promoted, "Gundam" and "Akira" were green-lit for production by Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros., respectively. An adaptation of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game will be out
A Kawasaki court has ordered a 66-year-old man to pay compensation and remove defamatory remarks from his blog that were targeted at a teenage Korean resident in greater Tokyo, lawyers representing the boy said Wednesday. At a news conference held in Tokyo, the attorneys involved in the case called for the government to implement stricter regulations to curb online hate speech and protect potentia
In the Friday Nov. 30 issue of The Japan Times, we published an Editor’s Note on our language regarding “comfort women” and “forced labor.” Following multiple discussions on the issue that commenced more than a year ago, the decision to revise our descriptions of these terms was made by myself as executive editor, along with senior editorial managers, in the belief that the change would better ref
SEOUL – South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered major Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay damages to two groups of South Koreans for wartime labor, following a similar order last month against another Japanese company. The two rulings by the Supreme Court, which each drew an immediate protest from Tokyo, have set a clear precedent for similar cases involving Japan
Katsumi Goto is a self-proclaimed old-school otaku. Born in the city of Nagoya in 1970, he spent his teenage years devouring popular anime series of the time, including "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam," the sequel in the well-known Gundam franchise that first aired in 1985, and "Dirty Pair," a sci-fi adventure featuring a sexy female duo working as "trouble consultants." This was the heyday of the VHS ca
Yellow Magic Orchestra made its 1980 debut on the legendary American dance show “Soul Train” performing a cover of “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & the Drells, two years after the November 1978 release of the trio’s eponymous first album Dressed in logoed button-downs with red armbands, conjuring images of Mao Zedong's Red Guards, the three members performed a curiously fresh update of the early funk
Even if Mariya Takeuchi wasn't directly responsible for the biggest Japanese musical breakthrough in the West in 2018, she would still struggle to describe her year as anything other than eventful. The singer-songwriter is celebrating 40 years in the music industry, and has commemorated the occasion with a barrage of new releases and events. Highlights included her first-ever face-to-face meetings
Road traffic in Japan is a complicated affair. Apart from those narrow, crooked streets that sometimes end without warning, you have to get used to unclear right-of-way rules and the national fetish for backward parking. On top of that they drive on the wrong side of the road (though admittedly views may differ on that). What can really give you the blues, however, is what they call their green tr
NEW YORK – Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami said Saturday writing good stories is the best he can do for victims of terrorist attacks and natural disasters such as the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. "I was wondering what could I do for the people who have suffered. But I thought, ‘What I can do is to write good fiction,’ " he said during an event in New York, referring to a number
LDP lawmaker Mio Sugita faces backlash after describing LGBT people as 'unproductive' A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker has drawn a fierce backlash after labeling the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community "unproductive" in terms of childbirth, and warning that a society that accepts same-sex relationships risks "increasing unhappy people." Junior lawmaker Mio Sugita is f
YouTube erected a platform where commoners could climb the ladder to stardom. Now, the video-sharing giant is seeing another wave of new talent diving into a glittering entertainment scene.
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