It will be difficult for Tokyo to host the Olympic Games next year unless there is an effective vaccine against the coronavirus, the head of the Japan Medical Association said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
As Japan Fights Coronavirus With Shutdowns, Rats Emerge Onto Deserted Streets
In Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district, where many bars and adult entertainment venues have closed, rats scurried through mostly empty streets one recent evening. A similar scene was aired on public ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sakurajima Volcano Spews Lava Bombs In Latest Eruption
Sakurajima, which is one of the most active volcanoes in Japan, has started erupting recently. According to a local meteorological agency, the volcano’s eruption ejected lava bombs and ash plumes that ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics unrealistic without vaccine, Japan medical expert says
Global cases surpass 3 million, U.S. states begin to reopen TOKYO — The head of Japan’s medical association thinks it will be difficult to hold the Olympics without an effective coronavirus vaccine. ( read original story ...)
On Japan’s stretched frontline, doctors and nurses DIY a coronavirus response
At any given time, seven out of eight beds in the intensive care unit of St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo are taken up by critically ill coronavirus patients. ( read original story ...)
Harvard and Astellas Establish Strategic Research Alliance
Harvard and Astellas establish a strategic research alliance to support research and development of innovative therapeutics and technologies. ( read original story ...)
Japan central bank eases monetary policy to counter pandemic
Japan’s central bank is making it easier for cash-strapped companies to get funding in response to the growing economic devastation from the coronavirus pandemic. The Bank of Japan decided at a ... ( read original story ...)
Holding Tokyo Olympics in 2021 will be ‘difficult’, Japanese health chief warns
Yoshitake Yokokura is the latest expert to cast doubt on plans to hold the Games in Tokyo next year ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports fewest new coronavirus cases in four weeks, calls for vigilance
Metropolitan Tokyo confirmed 39 more cases of coronavirus infection on Monday, Governor Yuriko Koike said, the fewest since March 30 and the second consecutive day of new cases below triple digits. ( read original story ...)
Osaka to name and shame more pachinko parlors defying closure request
Osaka Prefecture said Monday it will name and shame more pachinko parlors that are defying coronavirus closure requests after three out of six locations it identified on Friday subsequently closed. "A ... ( read original story ...)
Compass Offices Announces New Flexible Office Space in Tokyo Expansion Plan
Compass Offices, a leading flexible office space provider in Asia Pacific, will launch a new business centre in Ebisu in a move to expand in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Study reveals how general anesthesia works
Hailed as one of the most important medical advances, the discovery of general anesthetics - compounds which induce unconsciousness, prevent control of movement and block pain - helped transform ... ( read original story ...)
Japan medical association head calls for quicker coronavirus testing
The Japan Medical Association president on Tuesday called on the government to conduct quicker coronavirus testing and said there needs to be rapid drug and vaccine development to enable Japan to host ... ( read original story ...)
The Central Bank That Ate Japan
The Bank of Japan buys the entire economy to fight Covid-19. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Investors Planned to Purchase More Commercial Property in 2020, Pre-Coronavirus Outbreak
Coronavirus world, Japanese investors gave three major threats to real estate investment this year were identifie ... ( read original story ...)
The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic
These days we are all a bit like those Japanese fishermen, cowering beneath a giant wave, the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)