With the Olympic Games just around the corner, Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko sent a video message to the world's media inviting them to the Tokyo Media Center (TMC) provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan ... ( read original story ...)
COVID complexity means business is far from usual in Tokyo 2020 athletes village
Athletes villages at the Olympics and Paralympics are places where competitors can put aside their sporting rivalries to socialize an ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.5 quake hits 57 km northwest of Nayoro, Japan early afternoon
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred only 12 minutes ago 57 km northwest of Nayoro, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) ... ( read original story ...)
As Olympic athletes begin to arrive in Tokyo, fear of virus spike grows
TOKYO, Japan — The pressure of hosting an Olympics during ... Kengo Sakurada, president of Sompo Holdings and the head of an influential business lobby, said on June 30 that the current vaccination ... ( read original story ...)
How this Ipoh business found its start in making an uncommon, luxury Japanese dessert
Amai Kitchen is an Ipoh-based business that handmakes and sells the Japanese dessert nerikiri wagashi, and hosts classes to teach the craft. To the untrained eye, this would look like fancy mochi to ... ( read original story ...)
Mix Business With Pleasure At Tokyo American Club Nihonbashi
Tokyo American Club, Tokyo’s premiere international private club, has opened an exclusive satellite club on the sixth floor of the Nihonbashi Muromachi Mitsui Tower for busy Tokyoites seeking a ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics Parents and teachers gauge risks for children attending Tokyo Games
Olympic organisers have capped the number of spectators allowed into venues, but will offer Japanese students special access under a programme that would let hundreds of thousands of children see the ... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers in Japan hunt for 80 missing following deadly landslides
It is famous for a hot springs resort.The landslides are a reminder of the natural disasters - including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunami - that haunt Japan, where the capital Tokyo is to ... ( read original story ...)
Vaccine shortage leads to LDP’s ‘crushing defeat’ in Tokyo election
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party acknowledged it was dealt a serious blow by failing to capture a majority in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly with its ally, Komeito, in the July 4 election. The LDP ... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers in Japan search for 80 missing two days after deadly landslide
Rescuers in Japan searched on Monday for 80 people believed to be missing two days after landslides tore through the seaside city of Atami, destroying ... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers in Japan hunt for 80 missing after deadly landslides
Rescuers in Japan searched on Monday for 80 people believed to be missing two days after landslides tore through the seaside city of Atami ... ( read original story ...)
Condoms, vaccines and sport: how the Tokyo Olympics is sending mixed messages about COVID-19 safety
How well are the Tokyo Olympics prepared for a COVID crisis when there is still an outbreak in the country, the vaccination rates are low and athletes are asked to socially distance? ( read original story ...)
MEES International School Brings Silicon Valley Mindset to Tokyo
MEES International School announces they will offer an innovative full-day project-based learning elementary program from September 2021. ( read original story ...)
Thousands sign petition demanding Annastacia Palaszczuk is banned from leaving Australia to attend the Tokyo Olympics after pushing to reduce the number of travellers into …
More than 7,000 people have signed a petition demanding Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk be banned from leaving Australia to attend the Tokyo Olympics as a travel ban remains. ( read original story ...)
Japan seeks to have vaccine passports accepted by over 10 nations
The Japanese government plans to continue requiring travelers entering Japan, including returnees, to quarantine for two weeks even if they have been vaccinated. ( read original story ...)
Japan rescue work continues after deadly landslides, 20 missing: Kyodo
The floods are a reminder of the natural disasters - including earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunami - that plague Japan, where the capital Tokyo is to host the summer Olympics starting this month. ( read original story ...)