Tokyo found 224 new incidences ... that’s underwritten by a syndicate of banks and backed by a guarantee from U.K. Export Finance. Gilead in Talks With Germany to Raise Remdesivir Supplies (3:22 p.m. ( read original story ...)
June Retail Sales in Japan Mixed Despite Reopening
With the state of emergency lifted, local shoppers returned to stores, but most travelers remain banned from the country ... ( read original story ...)
Man in Japan arrested for attacking pedestrian with violin bow
A man reported the incident to police in Sapporo, following injury. Police have arrested a man in Japan for attacking a pedestrian with a violin bow, Yahoo News Japan reports. The attacker is believed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan To Limit Financing Of Overseas Coal Power Plants
Japan said Thursday it would tighten rules for investment in foreign coal-fired power stations on environmental grounds, but stopped short of ending government funding for projects. The move comes ... ( read original story ...)
EU lawmakers urge Japan to end parental child ‘abductions’
BRUSSELS/TOKYO (Reuters) - The European Parliament urged Japan to comply with international rules on child protection and to allow for joint parental custody after a number of EU citizens were denied ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus fear drives Japanese flooding victims to seek shelter in cars
Japan is accustomed to earthquakes and flooding, but this time disaster has struck amid a health crisis, turning a trusted system on its head. ( read original story ...)
Japan tightens rules on support for overseas coal-fired plants
“The economics have moved so far and this is just Japan catching up with the economics,” said Tim Buckley, director of energy finance studies Australia/South Asia at the Institute Economics ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 expects to secure all venues for Games – local media
Tokyo Olympics organisers expect to be able to use all the venues as originally planned at next year's rearranged Games, several Japanese media outlets reported on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s seismologists and policymakers at odds over quake science
“The time-predictable model is used only for the Nankai Trough and it is strange to present the figure in a map showing earthquake predictions across Japan (using other methods),” one member was ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to pay nightclubs to close as virus cases surge
Tokyo unveiled plans Thursday to offer nightclubs subsidies to close as new coronavirus infections in the capital hit a single-day record, with many linked to entertainment districts. Under the plan, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Australian leaders share concern over East, South China Seas
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison, shared serious concerns over various moves in the East and South China Seas in their video meeting on Thursday, a ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ offers bleakest view on Japan’s regions in over a decade
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan cut its economic view for all of the country's nine regions for the second straight quarter, the first such downgrade since Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, backi ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Bank for International Cooperation — Moody’s assigns A1 to JBIC’s USD gov’t-guaranteed bond
The debt is guaranteed by the Government of Japan. JBIC's A1 rating reflects its very strong links with the Government of Japan (A1 stable). An upgrade of the ratings would require an upgrade of the ... ( read original story ...)
JR East will cut shinkansen ticket prices in half until March 2021
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has put the brakes on pretty much all inbound tourism in Japan. So Japanese tourism agencies have been making an effort to entice residents to travel domestically ... ( read original story ...)
Is that hand strap clean? Tokyo Metro sprays silver to fend off coronavirus
As global public transport operators look for ways to keep the coronavirus at bay on planes, trains and buses, one of Japan's biggest rail firms is betting on the anti-microbial properties of silver ... ( read original story ...)
‘Keep your screams inside’: rollercoaster fans told to be quiet to help Japan Covid-19 fight
Authorities recommend against shouting or screaming during thrill rides, as football fans are urged to avoid singing Gavin Blair in Tokyo Japan’s theme park ride fans have been asked to keep their ... ( read original story ...)