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 ...)
‘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 ...)