Olympic sponsor Panasonic will back any decision by Olympic 2020 organizers on whether to allow spectators at the Tokyo games as a rise in COVID-19 infections in Japan's capital triggers tighter ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga: coronavirus infections rising in Tokyo area due partly to Delta variant
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday that the number of coronavirus infections was rising in the Tokyo area due partly to growing numbers of the Delta variant. ( read original story ...)
Lessons in openness from Japan’s “business reinvention”
This new book explains how Japan's economic resurgence in recent decades coincided with greater transparency, collaboration, and inclusivity. ( read original story ...)
Japan service sector mood up but renewed COVID curbs cloud outlook
Japan's service sector sentiment index rose for the first time in three months in June, a government survey showed Thursday, even as the government prepared to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Covid-19 emergency pushes Japan toward no-spectator Olympics
Virus policy czar Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters that an advisory panel had approved an emergency in the capital from July 12 to Aug. 22 ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic events in Tokyo region to be held without spectators -newspaper
TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympic organisers will decide ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan set to declare COVID-19 emergency for Tokyo as it mulls Olympics without fans
Japan is set to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo through August 22 to contain a new wave of coronavirus infections, a key minister said on ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.1 just reported 89 km southeast of Ise, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred only 13 minutes ago 89 km southeast of Ise, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) rep ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to host Olympics under COVID-19 state of emergency
The Osaka prefectural government has decided to ask the Japanese government to maintain business restrictions under a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency, slated to expire July 11, until the end of the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-based MoriX to Develop Biometric Payment Cards Featuring T-Shape Sensor
Fingerprint Cards has found another partner to help fuel its growth in the emerging biometric payment cards market. ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake 29 km northeast of Matsuyama, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake near Matsuyama, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime, Japan, was reported only 15 minutes ago by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resi ... ( read original story ...)
Virus emergency to be imposed in Tokyo during Olympics: reports
The capital has already had a state of emergency, which gives local authorities more powers to request business closures, imposed three times since the pandemic began. Story continues The last ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka to ask gov’t to extend COVID-19 quasi-emergency
The Osaka prefectural government decided Wednesday to ask the Japanese government to maintain business restrictions under a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency, slated to expire Sunday, until the end of ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan CEO tells Tokyo court Carlos Ghosn had too much power
FILE – In this Dec. 2, 2019, file photo, Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida speaks during a press conference in the automaker’s headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Uchida told a Japanese court on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura plans to suspend part of cash-prime brokerage business – source
Nomura Holdings Inc plans to suspend part of its cash-prime brokerage business after sustaining a US$2.9 billion hit from the collapse of U.S. ( read original story ...)
Moderate 4.1 quake hits near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, Japan
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, Japan, was reported only 11 minutes ago by Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), ... ( read original story ...)