An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 rattled southwestern and western Japan early Saturday, resulting in at least nine injuries amid strong shaking although no tsunami waves were triggered ... ( read original story ...)
A Decade since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11th, 2011. Taking this opportunity, the author examines how television coverage on the disaster has changed over the ... ( read original story ...)
Most severe earthquake in 30 years a ‘wake-up call’ to New Madrid Seismic Zone
A November 4.0 earthquake in southeast Missouri activated car alarms and broke dishes, so the state is marking earthquake awareness month with safety seminars. ( read original story ...)
Landslide, crumbling streets, climbing death toll: The aftermath of Japan’s earthquakes
Toppled buildings and destroyed roads could be seen throughout the Kyushu island of Japan on Saturday local time as people began to assess the damage of an overnight 7.3-magnitude earthquake. ( read original story ...)
Ghostwire: Tokyo Preview – There’s something strange in the Shibuya neighbourhood
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW – The Shibuya ward of Tokyo has been cut off from the rest of the world ... bound to the Earth and unable to move on until their business is finished. One old woman refuses to ... ( read original story ...)
Ghostwire: Tokyo has a yokai cat that runs a bodega
Tokyo is going to play. It looks fun, but I’m reserving judgment until I know if it feels as good as it looks. GamesBeat's creed when covering the game industry is "where passion meets business." ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba says considering two-way split, sale of air conditioner business
"at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url=" Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Toshiba Corp is considering splitting in half instead of three and offloading its air conditioning business, the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Small, mid-sized companies in Tokyo scramble to maintain operations amid omicron spread
(Mainichi/Shinji Kurokawa) TOKYO -- As small and medium-size firms have been confronting risks of suspending their business operations due to employees' infections amid the sudden spread of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s strict COVID rules prompt German firms to rethink business ties
Japan's blanket ban on bringing in new workers from overseas is hurting foreign firms as well as the business-friendly reputation of the world's third-largest economy.Restrictions on entering Japan ... ( read original story ...)
6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, 13 injured
No tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake struck with an epicentre 45 km deep at 1:08 a.m. off the coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands, the Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)
Over a dozen injured in M6.4 earthquake in Japan
Thirteen people were injured as of Saturday noon following a magnitude-6.4 earthquake off the coast of Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu. Among the injured, six were reported from Oita prefecture. ( read original story ...)
As COVID cases surge in Japan, is a state of emergency the way to go?
Unlike lockdowns in other countries, Japan’s state of emergency does not come with stay-at-home orders or curfews. Instead, it allows local governments to order or request business closures, in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo changes COVID-19 emergency-request threshold to focus on severe patients
Tokyo has unveiled a set of new benchmarks it will use when ... A quasi-state of emergency allows local authorities to ask bars and restaurants to shorten their business hours and limit or stop the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan has no plans to review sales tax rates, finance minister says
TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Japanese is not considering reviewing future national ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to seek COVID emergency based on severe patients’ bed occupancy
Tokyo unveiled on Thursday a set of new benchmarks in considering ... A quasi-state of emergency allows local authorities to ask dining establishments to shorten their business hours and limit or stop ... ( read original story ...)
Gov’t considers extending COVID quasi-emergency in Tokyo, 12 prefectures
The Japanese government is considering extending the quasi-emergency entailing restrictions on the business hours of restaurants and bars, and a request to refrain from nonessential travel between ... ( read original story ...)