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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2020
The rights and wrongs of targeted lockdowns
With some groups more likely than others to be killed by COVID-19, the idea of keeping certain groups indoors has surfaced.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2020
You want the truth? You can’t handle total lockdown
While measures to keep people apart can help curb the spread of COVID-19, they may also be decimating economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2020
Quarantine is terrible but it works
Restricting human contact has had a dramatic effect on COVID-19’s infection rates.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2020
Is the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic now behind us?
Fears of a flare-up in virus cases after lockdown haven’t come to pass, though some caution is warranted.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2020
Lockdowns haven’t proved they’re worth the havoc
The U.S. survived the 1968 pandemic without shutting down society, and there isn’t much evidence that shutdowns are truly effective this time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2020
Coronavirus safety can be fun
Nobody likes masks or social distancing. But everybody can be nudged.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2020
Britain doesn’t want to come out of lockdown
On the question of whether to prioritize the economy or the well-being of older people, Brits are much more bothered about the latter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2020
How lockdown could lead to stronger parliaments
Parliamentary democracies need parliaments to function. This is as true of the Westminster institution in London, sometimes described as the mother of parliaments, as it is of the Diet in Tokyo or of any other parliamentary legislatures in states round the world that struggle (and the struggle is constant)...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2020
Grim truth of the ‘Swedish model’
The lack of a lockdown has led to one of the world’s highest COVID-19 death rates.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2020
Isolation changes everything for status seekers
COVID-19 is upending all the usual ways for people to win the approval of their peers.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2014
Sierra Leone locks down new Ebola hotspot in the east
Authorities in Sierra Leone have imposed a two-week lockdown in the eastern district of Kono after health workers uncovered a surge of Ebola infections in the area where the epidemic was thought to be largely under control.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2014
Cloud of pot smoke puts Colorado high school on partial lockdown
A high school in Colorado, one of the first two U.S. states to legalize recreational marijuana use, was put on partial lockdown Friday after a student’s weed pipe filled a classroom with pot smoke, the school said.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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