The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will dispatch a team of experts to Japan's Fukushima Prefecture in December to review the country's plan to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)
Japan extends Covid emergency restrictions in Tokyo, other areas
Japan extended emergency Covid-19 restrictions yesterday in Tokyo and other regions until the end of this month to curb infections and prevent hospitals being overwhelmed. ( read original story ...)
How to Make Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters
After two decades of reinvention, Japanese companies are re-emerging as major players in the new digital economy. They have responded to the rise of China and new global competition by moving upstream ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Extends Covid Emergency Curbs In Tokyo, Other Areas
Japan extended emergency COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday in Tokyo and other regions until the end of this month to curb infections and prevent hospitals being overwhelmed. ( read original story ...)
Japan extends emergency curbs in Tokyo after country struggles with fifth wave of coronavirus
Japan has been struggling with a fifth wave of the virus and last month extended its long-running curbs until September 12 to cover about 80% of its population. ( read original story ...)
Japan extends Covid emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until Sept 30
Japan announced Thursday it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain ... ( read original story ...)
Japan extends Covid-19 emergency restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka
TOKYO: Japan extended emergency Covid-19 restrictions on Thursday in Tokyo and other regions until the end of this month to curb infections and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. Announcing the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Toshiba closing Chinese facility once considered ‘pearl of the Dalian Development Area’
As the Japanese electronic giant’s sudden move puts hundreds of Chinese workers out of a job, industry experts point to a broader exodus of foreign firms looking to diversify their supply chains away ... ( read original story ...)
IAEA Demands Plan For Discharge Of Radioactive Waters From Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Japan's infamous Fukushima nuclear plant has been taken under scrutiny by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as the body's experts demand a well-thought plan from the plant's operators to ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Launches Kinlo Skin, A Skincare Line That Focuses On Melanin-Rich Skin Tones
"I founded KINLÒ (a functional skin care line for people with melanated skin) to address a public health need around skin cancer prevention within our POC communities," the tennis pro wrote in an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s pandemic-linked business failures in January to August top 1,000
The cumulative number of business failures in Japan triggered by the coronavirus pandemic came to 1,026 between January and August, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said Wednesday. Bankruptcies in the ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes in Japan: Kobe Disaster
For centuries, mother nature’s cycle has been a mixture of prosperity and destruction. From wildfires to rainstorms on deserts, humans have witnessed the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business sentiment shows largest fall in 18 months
Business sentiment of workers in jobs sensitive to Japan's economic trends experienced the sharpest downtrend in one and a half years in August, as the nation recorded consecutive all-time highs of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s key stock index at 6-month high above 30,000 on hopes for new gov’t
The key Nikkei index of Tokyo stocks rose for the eighth consecutive day to a nearly six-month high above the 30,000 threshold, lifted by hopes for a normalization of pandemic-hit economic activities ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to extend COVID-19 emergency Thurs. in Tokyo, other areas
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government is looking to ... Suga is set to make a final assessment of where restrictions on business activity should remain in place before announcing the decision at a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to decide Thursday on extending virus emergency in Tokyo and other areas
Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa — are likely to remain under the measure, while Osaka's governor has also said an extension is "unavoidable." ... ( read original story ...)