Friday, January 22, 2021
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Officials doubt naming, shaming eateries a viable punishment
January 21, 2021 Twenty metropolitan government employees fanned out in search of open bars and restaurants in Tokyo’s major nightlife districts on the nights of Jan. 18 and 19. But they were not looking for a night on the town.Upper House member Kawai found guilty of buying votes
January 21, 2021 The Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21 found lawmaker Anri Kawai guilty of bribing local politicians for votes in the 2019 Upper House election and gave her a suspended sentence.
GRIM PROSPECTS
40,000 foreign trainees enter Japan amid virus as others fired
January 21, 2021 Two Vietnamese trainees in their 20s, fired by a Shikoku supermarket at the end of last year as a result of the pandemic economy, came all the way to Tokyo to get help from a support group to find new work.
January 21, 2021
Invasive cherry threatens luxury ‘azuki’ beans for sweets in Kyoto
January 22, 2021
KYOTO--A durable alien ground cherry species has invaded Kyoto
British English teacher designs game based on feudal warriors
January 22, 2021
Edano demands Suga apologize, focus on virus and not economy
January 21, 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga deflected criticism over his handling of
Suga extends congratulations to Biden on his inauguration
January 21, 2021
Ad giant Dentsu mulls sale of its headquarters building in Tokyo
January 21, 2021
Dentsu Group Inc. is considering selling its headquarters building in
BOJ lifts next year’s growth forecast, saves ammunition as virus risks linger
January 21, 2021
Historians describe the Nomonhan Incident, a little-known 1939 Japan-Soviet border conflict, as the starting point of World War II.
A mother of two sons recounts the days when she lived with the novel coronavirus.
The Asahi Shimbun aims “to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” through its Gender Equality Declaration.
Let’s explore the Japanese capital from the viewpoint of wheelchair users and people with disabilities with Barry Joshua Grisdale.
