Month: February 2022

TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Tokyo recorded 13,516 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, up 1,751 from a week earlier, national broadcaster NHK reported. It is the first daily rise from week-earlier levels ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo on Feb. 19 reported its first week-on-week increase in COVID-19 cases in 11 days as well as 27 related deaths, the highest daily figure this year. Metropolitan government officials said there ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo confirmed 13,516 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, a rise from the 11,765 reported Feb. 12, the metropolitan government said, though a national holiday on Feb. 11 may have been a factor in the low ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Japan - February 17, 2022 — In Tokyo, Japan, the Ethanim metaverse infrastructure launch was held on February 8. The event brought together experts from blockchain, internet games ... ( read original story ...)

A Niigata Fair will be held at Japan Centre, a Japanese food hall in London NIIGATA PREFECTURE, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 18 February 2022 – The Niigata Industrial Creation Organization (NICO ... ( read original story ...)

Salt Lake City Bid Committee President Fraser Bullock has told a joint meeting of the Park City Council and Summit County Council that 2030 would be the preferred date for any candidacy where they are ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA -- Fifteen Nagoya Municipal Government employees were disciplined on Feb. 18 for not cremating the bodies of deceased residents with no next of kin and leaving their bodies in cold storage ... ( read original story ...)

A hospital in Tokyo that treats coronavirus patients says it has seen a sharp increase in the number of infected pregnant women who have been hospitalized this year. This comes as the Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo's novel coronavirus daily count stood at 13,516 on Saturday, growing from the week-before level for the first time in 11 days. Saturday's number rose by 1,751 from a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's capital registered 13,516 new coronavirus infections on Feb. 19, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced, after reporting 16,129 cases the previous day. Of the 13,516 newly ... ( read original story ...)

China’s 4x100 metres relay athletics team are expected to be promoted to the bronze medal for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after Great Britain were stripped of the silver on Friday. British sprinter ... ( read original story ...)

Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist politician remembered as Tokyo’s gaffe-prone governor who provoked a spat with China, has died. He was 89. Ishihara, an award-winning novelist before he ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Saturday reported 13,516 new coronavirus cases, down 2,613 from Friday and up 1,751 from last Saturday. By age group, 2,012 cases were in their 20s, 2,246 in their ... ( read original story ...)

Great Britain have been stripped of their silver medal in the men's 4x100m relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after sprinter CJ Ujah tested positive for a banned substance. The British quartet ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A same-sex partnership system the Tokyo metropolitan government will introduce this fall will cover people commuting to work and school in the capital from neighboring prefectures ... ( read original story ...)