DW
 
Twenty individuals onboard the Diamond Princess have tested positive for the coronavirus. However, most of the thousands of passengers have yet to be screened. The death toll has continued to rise in the past 24 hours.
- The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in mainland China has risen ...

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NHK
 
Japan's Sports Agency has begun examining the impact the coronavirus outbreak could be having on athletes preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic games, which open in Tokyo in about six months.
The Sports Agency is surveying Japanese sports associations to assess how the outbreak has affec...

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NIPPON.COM
 
In a recent opinion poll on the death penalty, 9.0% of Japanese respondents answered it should be abolished in all cases, while 80.8% said that it was necessary in some cases.
The opinion poll was conducted by the Cabinet Office in November 2019, targeted at 3,000 Japanese adults. Th...

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
TOKYO: Japanese officials began screening more than 3,700 passengers and crew on a cruise ship quarantined off the port of Yokohama near Tokyo on Tuesday (Feb 4) after a Hong Kong man who sailed on the vessel last month tested positive for coronavirus.
The 80-year-old man flew...

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SORA NEWS
 
Many can only speculate as to what happened to Okinawa’s beloved castle.
Designated as a UNESCO heritage site in 2000, Shuri Castle is a symbol of the many facets making up Okinawa’s complex history and culture.
Serving as the palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom in the 1300s and appropriated...

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BLOOMBERG
 
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hinted Friday that extra spending may be needed to deal with a coronavirus outbreak, after earlier in the day saying the government would bar infected people showing symptoms from entering the country.
“The priority is to prevent the virus from sprea...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Build-up of contaminated water from wrecked nuclear plant has been sticking point in clean-up likely to take decades
A panel of experts advising Japan’s government on a disposal method for radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant has recommended releasing it int...

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KYODO NEWS
 
A Fukushima prefectural police helicopter transporting a heart for transplant crash-landed Saturday in the northeastern Japanese prefecture, injuring all seven persons on board, including one seriously, authorities said.
Three police officers, two technicians and two medical workers ...

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SPORTS PRO MEDIA
 
Competition set to launch in 2021 with 15,000-seat stadia requirement for teams.
Japan’s rugby union (JRFU) has revealed further plans for its new domestic club competition, with the league set to launch in autumn 2021.
The governing body had initially drawn up plans for the ne...

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FORBES
 
Every 3 seconds, someone in the world develops a condition that, unlike cancer, has no cure. Dementia is one of the fastest-growing syndromes, with the number of sufferers expected to triple to 150 million by 2050, according to the World Health Organization.
In Japan, dementia rates are ...

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