We are in Tokyo’s Kappabashi district, a stretch of road about a kilometre long packed with more than 170 shops catering to professional chefs, kitchenware geeks and Japanese home cooks. Known in the ... ( read original story ...)
Critics of Tokyo Olympics submit petition urging cancellation
Critics of Japan's plan to hold the Tokyo Olympics despite a fourth wave of coronavirus infections submitted a petition on Friday signed by 350,000 people over nine days calling for the Games to be ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Expands Virus Emergency Ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Japan is further expanding a coronavirus state of emergency, currently in Tokyo and five other prefectures, to nine areas as the government is determined to hold the Olympics in just over two months. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Japan prefectures to declare emergency; Ireland’s health IT systems suffer ransomware attack
Japan to declare state of emergency in three more prefectures; Ireland says vaccine programme will be unaffected by IT shutdown ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to declare more COVID state of emergencies
With just over two months before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan is expanding its state of emergency to try and contain a more infectious strain of COVID-19.Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM advisers urge minimum wage hikes, stick to fiscal reform
Japan aims to raise average minimum wages to 1,000 yen ($9) an hour as soon as possible, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday, a move likely to provoke stiff opposition from small and mid-size ... ( read original story ...)
ARA Asset Management ups stake in Japanese property manager Kenedix to 30%
Kenedix is Japan's largest independent real estate asset manager with about $21 billion in assets under management as of 31 December 2020. ( read original story ...)
Elon Musk Again Sent The Dogecoin Price Sharply Higher—After Revealing He ‘Strongly’ Believes In Bitcoin And Crypto
The bitcoin and cryptocurrency roller coaster has continued its wild ride this week, with the "joke" digital currency dogecoin jumping in ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin price crash – live: Crypto market value tumbles as Elon Musk voices concern about digital currencies
Bitcoin – as well as dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies – have dropped in value in the wake of a critical tweet from Elon Musk. The Tesla chief executive said that his company would no longer be ... ( read original story ...)
6.0-magnitude quake jolts Japan’s Fukushima
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck off Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Friday, according to authorities. ( read original story ...)
Japan: 6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami warning
The temblor occurred at around 8:58 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 37.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141.8 degrees east, and at depth of 40 km, said the Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)
6 magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture
The temblor occurred at around 8:58 a.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 37.7 degrees north and a longitude of 141.8 degrees east, and at depth of 40 km. ( read original story ...)
Powerful 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Japan
Japan is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. ( read original story ...)
Maker of expensive Japanese toaster gets into smartphone business
Balmuda, a Japanese design company known for its stylish appliances, has announced plans to make a smartphone. There aren’t many details on the device itself yet, but it’ll be a 5G handset that’s ... ( read original story ...)
In Boyle Heights, Battle Over A Senior Home For Japanese Americans Is LA’s Latest Displacement Story
Plans by the owner of Sakura Gardens to close one of the facilities on its five-acre Boyle Heights campus for elders and possibly replace it with market-rate housing has drawn fierce backlash. ( read original story ...)
A Japanese city is rooting for South Sudan at the Olympics
While many Japanese towns and cities that signed up to host Olympic teams have been forced to rethink their plans due to the ongoing pandemic, Maebashi is an exception. ( read original story ...)