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‘New Era’ for China-Japan Ties Dissipates Over Trump-Xi Fight
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BLOOMBERG
What was meant to be a landmark year for Japan-China relations has turned sour, as the U.S. standoff with Beijing leaves Prime Minister Shinzo Abe caught up in a fight between his country’s biggest trading partner and its sole military ally.
If all had gone according to plan, Presiden...
What was meant to be a landmark year for Japan-China relations has turned sour, as the U.S. standoff with Beijing leaves Prime Minister Shinzo Abe caught up in a fight between his country’s biggest trading partner and its sole military ally.
If all had gone according to plan, Presiden...
- June 2, 2020
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Japanese Bathhouses Awash With Post-Lockdown Customers
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JAPAN TODAY
YOKOHAMA - Masazumi Kato sighed deeply as he lowered himself into a tub at a public bathhouse in Yokohama, enjoying a return to a Japanese tradition largely off-limits during the city's coronavirus lockdown.
With the lifting of a nationwide state of emergency over the virus, Japan's...
YOKOHAMA - Masazumi Kato sighed deeply as he lowered himself into a tub at a public bathhouse in Yokohama, enjoying a return to a Japanese tradition largely off-limits during the city's coronavirus lockdown.
With the lifting of a nationwide state of emergency over the virus, Japan's...
- June 1, 2020
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Tokyo Moves To Step 2 In Virus Recovery Plan
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NHK WORLD
The Tokyo metropolitan government has further eased restrictions on businesses as the daily number of new coronavirus cases has fallen from its peak.
Tokyo initiated step 2 in its coronavirus recovery road map on Monday. That allows cram schools, theaters, gyms and retail shops -- inc...
The Tokyo metropolitan government has further eased restrictions on businesses as the daily number of new coronavirus cases has fallen from its peak.
Tokyo initiated step 2 in its coronavirus recovery road map on Monday. That allows cram schools, theaters, gyms and retail shops -- inc...
- June 1, 2020
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74 New Coronavirus Cases, 6 More Deaths Recorded In Japan On May 29
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THE MAINICHI
TOKYO -- A total of 74 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Japan on May 29, bringing the total number in the country to 17,504 including some 700 cruise ship passengers and crew members who were infected.
The number of deaths from the virus increased by six on the ...
TOKYO -- A total of 74 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Japan on May 29, bringing the total number in the country to 17,504 including some 700 cruise ship passengers and crew members who were infected.
The number of deaths from the virus increased by six on the ...
- May 30, 2020
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80% Of Japan Mayors Oppose, Wary Of Shift To Sept. Start Of School Yr
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KYODO NEWS
Around 80 percent of mayors across Japan disagree with or are wary of a proposed shift in the start of the academic year to September from April, according to a recent survey conducted amid the closure of schools due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The heads of municipalities nati...
Around 80 percent of mayors across Japan disagree with or are wary of a proposed shift in the start of the academic year to September from April, according to a recent survey conducted amid the closure of schools due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The heads of municipalities nati...
- May 30, 2020
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As Japan Reopens, Coronavirus Testing Slowed By Bureaucracy And Staff Shortages
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - At the beginning of April, a young Japanese sumo wrestler known as Shobushi came down with a fever. His coaches tried calling a local public health centre to get him a coronavirus test, but the phone lines were busy.
For four days, he was turned away by clinics in Tokyo over...
TOKYO - At the beginning of April, a young Japanese sumo wrestler known as Shobushi came down with a fever. His coaches tried calling a local public health centre to get him a coronavirus test, but the phone lines were busy.
For four days, he was turned away by clinics in Tokyo over...
- May 29, 2020
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Kyoto Animation Arson Suspect Arrested
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ARAMA JAPAN
Last July, there was an arson attack on Kyoto Animation’s studio, which resulted in the death of 36 people, with another 33 injured. Today, the suspect in the case was arrested.
Aoba Shinji, 42, of Saitama City, was arrested after being judged to have sufficiently recovered from lif...
Last July, there was an arson attack on Kyoto Animation’s studio, which resulted in the death of 36 people, with another 33 injured. Today, the suspect in the case was arrested.
Aoba Shinji, 42, of Saitama City, was arrested after being judged to have sufficiently recovered from lif...
- May 29, 2020
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Japan Approves Second Stimulus Package Amid COVID-19
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AA.COM
Japanese government approves additional budget of $296 billion to fund pandemic falloutJapan's government on Wednesday approved a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year of around $296 billion, local media reported.
The record supplementary budget was approved by the Cab...
Japanese government approves additional budget of $296 billion to fund pandemic falloutJapan's government on Wednesday approved a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year of around $296 billion, local media reported.
The record supplementary budget was approved by the Cab...
- May 28, 2020
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Lawyers Say Japanese Video Game Ban For Kids Violates Constitution, Call For Abolition
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SORA NEWS
Game over for Kagawa Prefecture’s anti-video game ordinance?
On April 1, in what sounded like a third-rate April Fools’ Day joke but was actually an official act of government, Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture passed an ordinance officially limiting the amount of time children are legally al...
Game over for Kagawa Prefecture’s anti-video game ordinance?
On April 1, in what sounded like a third-rate April Fools’ Day joke but was actually an official act of government, Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture passed an ordinance officially limiting the amount of time children are legally al...
- May 28, 2020
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Japan Ends Its State Of Emergency
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SCIENCE MAGAZINE
Japan yesterday declared at least a temporary victory in its battle with COVID-19, and it triumphed by following its own playbook. It drove down the number of daily new cases to near target levels of 0.5 per 100,000 people with voluntary and not very restrictive social distanci...
Japan yesterday declared at least a temporary victory in its battle with COVID-19, and it triumphed by following its own playbook. It drove down the number of daily new cases to near target levels of 0.5 per 100,000 people with voluntary and not very restrictive social distanci...
- May 27, 2020
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