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 ...)
Earthquake simulators help prepare visitors to Japan for the worst
Japan is no stranger to natural disasters like earthquakes and typhoons, and experts have developed a range of high-tech ways to prepare visitors, like those in the country for the 2020 Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Sole Japanese referee for Tokyo Olympic judo sees similarities with her fireworks business
As judoka from around the world compete heatedly in the Tokyo Olympics, a woman from downtown Tokyo is serving as the sole Japanese referee f ... ( read original story ...)
NET ZERO Leaders Summit (Japan Business Conference 2021) – Online Event From Wednesday, July 28 : Latest Information
Press Release Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) are pleased to announce the jointly organized "NET ZERO Leaders Summit (Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Former Olympic swimmer brands Japanese media sexist
Many of the channels look at female athletes as ‘female’ or ‘girls’ or ‘wives’ or ‘mothers’ and not really as pure athletes,” Naoko Imoto said. ( read original story ...)
Japan starts accepting applications for ‘vaccine passports’
Japan began accepting applications Monday for so-called vaccine passports for people who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 to travel internationally, as Japanese business lobbies have called ... ( read original story ...)
Only those willing to change will survive following Japan’s governance code revision
Japan’s recently revised corporate governance code has the potential to accelerate reforms at some of the nation’s top businesses and could lead to an overall increase in the value of Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan funds’ private markets diversification proceeds slowly
Japan's top public pension funds — led by the ¥186.2 trillion ($1.7 trillion) Government Pension Investment Fund — continued adding private equity, infrastructure and real estate assets to their ... ( read original story ...)
5.1-magnitude quake hits 73 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan — USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 73 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan at 02:16:16 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 56.77 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)