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  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Olympics bubble prevents spread of Covid by athletes and officials

    Restrictions have worked even as cases surge among wider public, says doctor leading Japan’s response

  • Sunday, 1 August, 2021
    Taiwan
    Japan calls for greater attention to ‘survival of Taiwan’

    Defence minister’s remarks follow Tokyo’s decision to link Taipei’s security to its own

  • Sunday, 1 August, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Tokyo Olympics Daily: Thompson-Herah is the fastest woman alive

    Jamaica sweep the 100 metres podium as men chase first gold without Bolt

  • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
    News in-depthTokyo Olympics
    Big crowds in Tokyo, but not at the Olympics

    Inconsistent spectator policies frustrate Japanese even as public mood towards Games starts to shift

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Tokyo Olympics open with moving spectacle played to arena quieted by Covid

    Games under way after year’s delay, with stunning drone display and tennis player Naomi Osaka lighting the flame

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
    Japan faces heat over Bangladesh’s coal power

    Funding commitment for Matarbari scheme sits awkwardly with carbon pledges

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
    Suga’s net-zero pledge sparks fierce debate

    The prime minister’s surprise declaration is forcing Japan to rethink its energy strategy

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
    Why Japan’s whalers are an endangered species

    Changing consumer tastes could spell the end of a controversial industry

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
    Safety blunders fuel Japan’s mistrust of nuclear power

    But keeping most reactors shut down in the wake of Fukushima is hampering efforts to cut carbon emissions

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  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
    High costs dog Tokyo’s hydrogen buses

    Economic realities threaten a bold experiment in green public transport

  • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Tokyo Olympics sacks opening ceremony director over Holocaust joke

    Latest scandal comes as ex-PM Shinzo Abe says he will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony

  • Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Olympic quarantine orders rile Tokyo athletes and delegates

    Anxiety over strict rules requiring self-isolation after contact with Covid-infected person

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Olympic organisers revamp opening ceremony after bullying scandal

    Tokyo 2020 forced to rewrite music after composer Keigo Oyamada quits over past comments about disabled

  • Sunday, 18 July, 2021
    News in-depthTokyo Olympics
    The Japanese star who beat cancer to swim in the Olympics

    Organisers hope Rikako Ikee will generate enthusiasm for the games bogged down by Covid controversy

  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    Climate change
    BoJ offers zero-interest loans to banks that invest in emissions reduction

    Lenders can reduce amount of deposits with central bank that are subject to negative interest rate

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    InterviewJapanese politics & policy
    Japan’s technology companies are defenceless, warns top official

    Akira Amari says Tokyo has to work with Washington to counter threat from Beijing

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    The Big Read
    Tokyo 2020: can the Olympics succeed behind closed doors?

    Intended to mark Japan’s economic revival but hit by the pandemic, the games have instead become a matter of survival

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Arrest of foreign Olympic workers for alleged cocaine use piles pressure on Japan

    Incident will spark renewed local opposition to the games 10 days before opening ceremony

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Delta wave forces Asia into retreat

    Indonesia’s coronavirus crisis deepens as lockdowns are reinstated from Seoul to Sydney

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Japan bans spectators at Olympics events in and around Tokyo

    Covid-19 state of emergency declared in the capital and set to be in force throughout the Games

  • Monday, 5 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Covid cases force Japanese officials to reconsider fans at Olympics

    Delta variant has fuelled rise in infections less than three weeks before games are due to start

  • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
    Hiroaki Nakanishi
    Former Hitachi chief Hiroaki Nakanishi dies at 75

    Executive led Keidanren business federation and helped transform Japanese corporate governance

  • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
    Japanese economy
    Japanese business sentiment hits two-year high

    Tankan index for big manufacturers suggests country will grow in 2021 as global economy recovers

  • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    Japan launches bid to regain its semiconductor crown Premium

    After decades of decline, Tokyo wants to boost the country’s once-dominant chip industry

  • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
    Digital currencies
    Financial watchdog bans crypto exchange Binance from UK

    FCA also issues consumer alert against sprawling cryptocurrency group

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