Loading
Search
Tokyo Reports 414 Coronavirus Cases; Nationwide Tally 2,832
- Category:Event
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 414 new cases of the coronavirus, up 50 from Tuesday.
The number (236 men and 178 women) is the result of 1,724 tests conducted on March 28. By age group, people in their 20s (115 cases) accounted for the highest number,...
TOKYO - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 414 new cases of the coronavirus, up 50 from Tuesday.
The number (236 men and 178 women) is the result of 1,724 tests conducted on March 28. By age group, people in their 20s (115 cases) accounted for the highest number,...
- March 31, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
This New Onsen Mask Is Here To Help You Soak In The Steam, Not The Germs
- Category:Shopping
SORA NEWS
A specially constructed mask designed for use in all kinds of public bathing facilities.
It comes as no surprise that visitors to onsen hot springs and other bathing facilities like public baths, spas, and saunas, have dramatically decreased during the past year of the pandemic.
Even ...
A specially constructed mask designed for use in all kinds of public bathing facilities.
It comes as no surprise that visitors to onsen hot springs and other bathing facilities like public baths, spas, and saunas, have dramatically decreased during the past year of the pandemic.
Even ...
- March 30, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan’s Famous Cherry Blossoms See Early Bloom Amid Warming
- Category:Other
AP NEWS
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since formal records started being kept nearly 70 years ago, with experts saying climate change is the likely cause.
Japan’s favorite flower, called “sakura,” us...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any time since formal records started being kept nearly 70 years ago, with experts saying climate change is the likely cause.
Japan’s favorite flower, called “sakura,” us...
- March 30, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Kono Says Inoculation Pace To Accelerate In May
- Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
Japan's vaccine minister, Taro Kono, said on Monday that the pace of coronavirus inoculation in the country would accelerate in May, but that the Tokyo Olympics, set to start in July, were not factoring into the schedule.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to have enough dose...
Japan's vaccine minister, Taro Kono, said on Monday that the pace of coronavirus inoculation in the country would accelerate in May, but that the Tokyo Olympics, set to start in July, were not factoring into the schedule.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to have enough dose...
- March 29, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan, Indonesia Defense Chiefs Opposed To Assertive Moves By China
- Category:Other
KYODO NEWS
The defense ministers of Japan and Indonesia on Sunday agreed to send messages to the rest of the world that the two countries will strongly oppose any action by China that could escalate tensions in regional waters.
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi also told reporters after holding talk...
The defense ministers of Japan and Indonesia on Sunday agreed to send messages to the rest of the world that the two countries will strongly oppose any action by China that could escalate tensions in regional waters.
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi also told reporters after holding talk...
- March 29, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Japan's Health Ministry Publishes Translated Covid-19 Vaccination Form
- Category:Other
JAPAN TIMES
The health ministry has released a draft COVID-19 vaccination form and letters of notice translated into 12 languages on its website for foreign residents who have difficulty understanding Japanese.
The ministry released basic information on the vaccination, including who can be ino...
The health ministry has released a draft COVID-19 vaccination form and letters of notice translated into 12 languages on its website for foreign residents who have difficulty understanding Japanese.
The ministry released basic information on the vaccination, including who can be ino...
- March 29, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Illuminated Sakura Brighten Up Kyoto Nights
- Category:Cherry blossoms
THE JAPAN NEWS
KYOTO — Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto serves as the backdrop to illuminated sakura cherry trees over the weekend.
After a lighting test was conducted Friday, the special nighttime viewing event started Saturday and will run through April 4.
About 1,000 Somei-Yoshino sakura and yam...
KYOTO — Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto serves as the backdrop to illuminated sakura cherry trees over the weekend.
After a lighting test was conducted Friday, the special nighttime viewing event started Saturday and will run through April 4.
About 1,000 Somei-Yoshino sakura and yam...
- March 28, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Mori Makes Another Offensive Remark Toward Women
- Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Former Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, who resigned last month amid backlash over derogatory remarks toward women, may come under renewed criticism after saying Friday a female political staffer was "too old to call a woman."
Mori, 83, directed the comment toward a staff ...
TOKYO - Former Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, who resigned last month amid backlash over derogatory remarks toward women, may come under renewed criticism after saying Friday a female political staffer was "too old to call a woman."
Mori, 83, directed the comment toward a staff ...
- March 28, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Suga, Biden To Affirm Senkakus Fall Under Japan-US Security Pact
- Category:Other
JAKARTA POST
Japan and the United States plan to affirm the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea fall under the scope of their security treaty in a joint statement to be issued by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Joe Biden at their summit next month, a government source said Friday....
Japan and the United States plan to affirm the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea fall under the scope of their security treaty in a joint statement to be issued by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Joe Biden at their summit next month, a government source said Friday....
- March 27, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)
Shadowed by Pandemic, Olympic Torch Relay Begins in Japan
- Category:Event
NEWS YORK TIMES
The ceremony kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture, a heavily symbolic choice a decade after the tsunami and nuclear disaster there.
When Bruna Noguchi signed up to be a torchbearer for the Tokyo Olympics a year and a half ago — before the coronavirus pandemic, before the resignati...
The ceremony kicked off in Fukushima Prefecture, a heavily symbolic choice a decade after the tsunami and nuclear disaster there.
When Bruna Noguchi signed up to be a torchbearer for the Tokyo Olympics a year and a half ago — before the coronavirus pandemic, before the resignati...
- March 27, 2021
- Comment (0)
- Trackback(0)