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 ...)
‘We tried to stay focussed on goal, sticking towards our business’: Tokyo-bound Sajan Prakash on road to qualification
Sajan Prakash, India's ace swimmer, has realised his dreams of participating at the Summer Games after qualifying for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and has revealed that the road was full of hardships ... ( read original story ...)
Report: Serbian arriving for Tokyo Olympics tests positive
A member of the Serbian Olympic rowing team has tested positive for COVID-19 while trying to enter Japan for the Tokyo Olympics that are to open in just under three weeks. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sajan Prakash says confidence from support system, shutting out nonsense helped him qualify
Prakash, who recently became the first Indian to breach the 'A' standard time to qualify for Tokyo 2020, was laid low by a career-threatening neck injury in 2019 and the COVID-19 induced lockdown only ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.4 quake hits 27 km northeast of Hitachi, Japan early afternoon
Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Hitachi, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki, Japan. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Sunday 4 July 2021 at 3:35 pm local ti ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo election tests Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ahead of Olympics
Polls opened at 7 a.m. Sunday and will close at 8 p.m. in the battle for power in the 127-seat metro assembly representing the nearly 14 million residents of the Japanese capital ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.5 quake hits 51 km southeast of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan early morning
Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hidaka-gun, Hokkaido, Japan. The tremor was recorded early morning on Sunday 4 July 2021 at 2:19 ... ( read original story ...)
Late-night drinking returns to Osaka, despite anti-virus rule
Many drinking establishments in the city are now open and often crowded with customers well after 8 p.m., when they should have closed in line with the current pre-emergency measures in place in Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.6 just reported 77 km southwest of Hirara, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 occurred only 29 minutes ago 77 km southwest of Hirara, Japan, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 ... ( read original story ...)
At least 20 missing in Japan after torrential rains unleash landslides
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 ...)
At least 19 missing as mudslide west of Tokyo hits houses
Authorities in Japan say at least 19 people are missing after a powerful mudslide swept away rows of houses in Atami, west of Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
111-Year-Old Mochi Ice Cream Shop in LA’s Little Tokyo Shuts Down
Little Tokyo's revered mochi ice cream shop Mikawaya, located in Los Angeles, has closed permanently after more than a century. About the shop: Mikawaya, one of Little Tokyo’s oldest businesses ... ( read original story ...)
From Neeraj Chopra to Bajrang Punia, the ones India’s Tokyo hopes ride on
Neeraj Chopra An Olympic medal hopeful from India in track and field is an oddity. No Indian track athlete has ever been able to reach the Olympic podium. That is the woeful record Neeraj Chopra will ... ( read original story ...)