Sixteen more people associated with the Tokyo Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19, but none are athletes, bringing the total since the start of this month to 169, games organisers said ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate 4.0 quake hits near Ishinomaki, Ishinomaki Shi, Miyagi, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred only 13 minutes ago 91 km southeast of Ishinomaki, Japan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. The quake hit at ... ( read original story ...)
A Delicate Balance for NBC News Anchors Covering Pandemic-Hobbled Tokyo Olympics
We’re not trying to be overly celebratory or pretend that we’re not living in a world that is in the midst of great difficulty. We are and it is,” says Savannah Guthrie, of balancing ... ( read original story ...)
IMF cuts Japan’s growth forecast to 2.8% in 2021 as pandemic weighs
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday forecast that Japan's economy will grow 2.8 percent in 2021 from a year before, down ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo sees record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases as the 2020 Olympics are being held
The Japanese capital saw 2,848 new coronavirus cases, topping its earlier record of 2,520 daily cases set on Jan. 7, the Associated Press reported. ( read original story ...)
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.4 just reported 33 km east of Kashima-shi, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred only 11 minutes ago 33 km east of Kashima-shi, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo businesses struggle during Olympics
Small businesses in Tokyo have been badly hit by not only the pandemic, but the decision to ban fans from abroad for the Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo hits record COVID-19 cases with Olympics underway
Tokyo's Metropolitan Government reported at least 2,848 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, the Japanese city's highest case count since the pandemic began, Reuters writes.The big picture: Rising ... ( read original story ...)
Curfew: It is business as usual in Tokyo –Notebook day 4
When I heard that there was a state emergency in Tokyo, I knew that there must be very strict rules of people especially been out at night. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports record coronavirus infections days after Olympics begin
Japan's capital, Tokyo, reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, days after the Olympics began ... ( read original story ...)
I announce gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics. It’s a lot of pressure.
Kris Temple is the English-language announcer at the Tokyo Olympics' marathon and race-walking events, as well as at the Paralympics' athletics. ( read original story ...)
Verisk’s AIR Worldwide Enhances Extreme Event Models for Japan With Release of Updated Earthquake and Typhoon Models
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has announced the release of significantly updated AIR Earthquake and Typhoon Models for Japan. The past several years has reaffirmed the vulnerability of ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Disbelief, support in Japan after Naomi Osaka’s elimination
Some Japanese said it broke their hearts to imagine how much Osaka had wanted to win the gold for her country. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports high of 2,848 new COVID-19 cases, exceeding its record from January as Olympics are underway
They travel to the forgotten around the capital’s outlying neighborhoods, taking care of desperate people who can’t find a place in Thailand’s overburdened health care system or who are living in the ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate yet deep 5.1 quake hits near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, Japan
Just 13 minutes ago, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, Japan. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Tuesday 27 July 2021 at 2:37 pm local time, at a g ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka of Japan has been eliminated from the Olympic tennis tournament at the Tokyo Games
More than three months after winning an election which sparked a constitutional crisis, Samoa’s first female prime minister was finally able to take office on Tuesday Democrats are launching their ... ( read original story ...)