July 31, 2020
HEADLINES
Noon news
- July 31, 2020
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HEADLINES
Morning News
- July 31, 2020
- , All national papers , All TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL
President Trump refers to possibility of postponing presidential election
- July 31, 2020
- , Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei
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INTERNATIONAL
PM Abe, other Japanese leaders mourn ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee
- July 31, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 1:49 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
U.S. experts say nuclear crisis exceeds level during Cold War
- July 31, 2020
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 7:00 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: Allies, let’s rally behind Australia in the face of bullying by China
- July 30, 2020
- , Japan Forward , 10:48 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
GOJ projects sharp economic contraction
- July 31, 2020
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ECONOMY
Japan economic expansion ended in October 2018, economists say
- July 30, 2020
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 6:37 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Editorial: Rokkasho plant should be shut down in energy policy shift
- July 31, 2020
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 1:48 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Business closures may number over 50,000 in 2020, Tokyo Shoko Research
- July 26, 2020
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 3
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ECONOMY
Chinese semiconductor firms are strong even amid U.S. sanctions, Nikkei survey
- July 27, 2020
- , NIKKEI Business Daily , p. 13
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ECONOMY
Editorial: GAFA chiefs must admit need for healthier state of digital competition
- July 31, 2020
- , The Japan News , 1:15 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Narita Airport sees improved domestic flight use
- July 30, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 4:58 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Second coronavirus case confirmed at U.S. military’s Kyotango radar site
- July 31, 2020
- , Akahata , p. 15
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SECURITY
LDP seeks improved missile defense capability in Japan
- July 30, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 8:58 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Virus forces Okinawa Marines to cancel live-fire exercise in Hokkaido
- July 30, 2020
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 2
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SECURITY
Gov’t plans to compile new security strategy by year-end
- July 29, 2020
- , Yomiuri , p. 3
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SECURITY
What should Japan do with 1 trillion yen saved from walking away from Aegis Ashore?
- July 31, 2020
- , FACTA digital , August 2020
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SECURITY
Japan must fill gap in “spear and shield” framework: former DM Onodera
- July 30, 2020
- , Asahi , p. 4
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SECURITY
Japan must pay attention to security in outer space
- July 30, 2020
- , The Japan News , 4:45 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Okinawa airman tests positive for COVID-19
- July 31, 2020
- , Mainichi
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on July 30, 2020
- July 31, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 4
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POLITICS
Approval ratings of Japanese and U.S. leaders decline amid crisis
- July 26, 2020
- , Nikkei , p. 5
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POLITICS
Japan ruling bloc agrees not to lower juvenile law age
- July 30, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 10:25 p.m..
- English Press
POLITICS
Key cabinet member addresses possibility of snap election in autumn
- July 31, 2020
- , Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei
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SCIENCE
Marine officer comments on cluster infections at Okinawa bases
- July 31, 2020
- , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
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SCIENCE
Japan group to bring quantum computers to the workplace
- July 31, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 2:26 a.m.
- English Press
SCIENCE
Countries race to launch spherical sample-retrieval projects
- July 27, 2020
- , Nikkei , p. 9
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SCIENCE
Over 1300 new COVID-19 cases confirmed nationwide yesterday
- July 31, 2020
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SCIENCE
GOJ decides against distributing additional “Abenomasks”
- July 31, 2020
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SOCIETY
Health Minister Kato says cloth masks to go only to facilities that request them
- July 31, 2020
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
Suga says current situation doesn’t warrant state of emergency
- July 31, 2020
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
MHLW team concludes no excess mortality from January to April
- July 31, 2020
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
Japan to allow back foreign residents who left before entry ban
- July 30, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SOCIETY
90% of hibakusha ‘frustrated’ by lack of abolishment of nukes
- July 31, 2020
- , The Japan News , 2:36 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Editorial: Keep protecting children from abuse that may be hidden amid pandemic
- July 31, 2020
- , The Japan News , 12:50 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Tokyo Games volunteers worry about pandemic impact
- July 31, 2020
- , NHK WORLD
- English Press
SOCIETY
Split over Japan’s virus law between cities and government widens
- July 30, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SOCIETY
Editorial: No more ‘lost decades’ for women’s empowerment
- July 30, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SOCIETY
Cartoon: One mask doesn’t fit all
- July 29, 2020
- , Asahi , p. 10
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SOCIETY
Infographic: New coronavirus cases and positive test rate in Tokyo (July 30, 2020)
- July 31, 2020
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
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SOCIETY
Infographic: 35,521 persons in Japan confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 (July 30, 2020)
- July 30, 2020
- , NHK digital , 10:37 p.m.
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SOCIETY
Trial of former Nissan executive Greg Kelly to start in September
- July 31, 2020
- , All national papers
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