August 19, 2020
HEADLINES
Noon news
- August 19, 2020
- , All TV networks
- JMH Summary
HEADLINES
Morning news
- August 19, 2020
- , All newspapers and TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL
China will next target Taiwan with security law: Taiwan’s top envoy to Japan
- August 19, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 3
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INTERNATIONAL
Commentary: Tokyo wonders who Kamala Harris is
- August 18, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
GSOMIA no longer leverage in Japan-S. Korea row
- August 18, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 3:48 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: China should dispel intl community’s concerns about its overseas loans
- August 19, 2020
- , The Japan News , 11:55 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: In Hong Kong, China does a Tiananmen Massacre without tanks
- August 18, 2020
- , Japan Forward , 8:07 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Japanese man detained in Belarus amid post-election protests
- August 18, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 1:47 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
U.S.-China conflict: Will Japan take sides?
- August 1, 2020
- , Sentaku , p. 6
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ECONOMY
Japan to pitch Osaka, Fukuoka as int’l financial hubs after pandemic
- August 18, 2020
- , Kyodo News , 8:47 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Roundup of newspaper articles on capability to attack enemy bases
- August 19, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 6
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SECURITY
Interview: Ex-Japan official cautious about enemy base attack capability
- August 18, 2020
- , Jiji Press , 4:20 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
US and Japan plan fleet of low-orbit satellites to track missiles
- August 19, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 2:50 a.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Cyberattacks: Increase in attacks on Japan via Holland
- August 18, 2020
- , Nikkei , p. 12
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SECURITY
U.S., Japan to develop network of satellites to detect enemy missiles
- August 19, 2020
- , Nikkei
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SECURITY
U.S.-led multinational naval exercise starts off Hawaii
- August 19, 2020
- , Nikkei
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SECURITY
Urasoe mayor approves transfer of Naha Military Port functions to local harbor
- August 19, 2020
- , Asahi
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SECURITY
Defense chief meets with Chinese envoy
- August 19, 2020
- , Asahi, Mainichi, Sankei
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SECURITY
Japan to increase number of MSDF members by 2,000
- August 19, 2020
- , Mainichi
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SECURITY
GOJ creates manual for SDF waste disposal operations during disaster relief
- August 19, 2020
- , Sankei
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POLITICS
Abe returns to work, pledges to “work hard”
- August 19, 2020
- , All TV networks
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on August 18, 2020
- August 19, 2020
- , Sankei , p. 5
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POLITICS
The truth behind Prime Minister Abe’s seven-and-a-half-hour hospital stay
- August 18, 2020
- , Shukan Shincho digital
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POLITICS
Interview: Defense Minister Kono aims to be prime minister
- August 13, 2020
- , Shukan Bunshun , p. 66-70
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POLITICS
Reference to “facing history” disappears from PM Abe’s address at National Memorial Ceremony for War Dead
- August 16, 2020
- , Tokyo Shimbun digital , 6:00 a.m.
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POLITICS
Abe to resume official duties today following health checkup
- August 19, 2020
- , All national papers
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SCIENCE
Swedish diplomats withdrawn from North Korea due to coronavirus measures
- August 19, 2020
- , NHK
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SCIENCE
Base-hosting prefectures ask GOJ to urge U.S. military to promptly provide COVID-19 information
- August 19, 2020
- , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
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SOCIETY
Definition of “seriously ill patients” differs among prefectures
- August 19, 2020
- , Fuji TV
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SOCIETY
Epidemiologist says Japan in middle of second wave
- August 19, 2020
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
Fukuoka forbids cruise ships until vaccine or cure
- August 18, 2020
- , NHK WORLD
- English Press
SOCIETY
Paperwork for virus subsidy shifted to new firm after flap
- August 18, 2020
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 3:56 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Japanese government to help local authorities secure technical staff
- August 18, 2020
- , The Japan News , 4:44 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Japan women hold 8% of manager jobs, far from 2020 goal of 30%
- August 19, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 5:36 a.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Editorial: Japan needs better system to tackle coronavirus as economy plunges
- August 18, 2020
- , The Mainichi
- English Press
SOCIETY
Commentary: A vision for growth, 75 years on
- August 18, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SOCIETY
In an era of social distancing, the emperor might need social media
- August 18, 2020
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SOCIETY
Editorial: Lessons of war Japan should pass on to next generation
- August 19, 2020
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 1:08 p.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Peace museum commemorating WWII kamikaze pilots partners with U.S. memorial museum
- August 19, 2020
- , Okinawa Times , p. 22
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SOCIETY
Record-high number of people died of COVID-19 yesterday
- August 19, 2020
- , All national papers
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SOCIETY
SDF dispatches nurses to Okinawa to deal with COVID-19 outbreak
- August 19, 2020
- , Mainichi, Sankei
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SOCIETY
Infographic: New coronavirus cases and positive test rate in Tokyo (Aug. 18, 2020)
- August 19, 2020
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
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SOCIETY
Infographic: 58,489 persons in Japan confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 (Aug. 18, 2020)
- August 19, 2020
- , NHK digital , 0:06 a.m.
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