President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga are showcasing the alliance between their two countries as well as their shared resolve in dealing with China. ( read original story ...)
The Pandemic Hit Little Tokyo Hard. We Lost These Businesses. Others Are Still Struggling.
Little Tokyo restaurateur Kenji Suzuki was nervous about a pandemic with too many unknowns. Adding to his anxiety: he's in partial remission from leukemia, meaning the cancer is still there, just less ... ( read original story ...)
The Pandemic Hit Little Tokyo Hard. These Are The Businesses We Lost And Those Still Struggling.
Little Tokyo restaurateur Kenji Suzuki was nervous about a pandemic with too many unknowns. Adding to his anxiety: he's in partial remission from leukemia, meaning the cancer is still there, just less ... ( read original story ...)
Global Covid-19 wrap: Growth in cases worrying, says WHO; Tokyo Olympics head assures safe conduct of games
Vietnam's health ministry called for the acceleration of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Friday as the expiry date of the Southeast Asian country's first batch of jabs supplied through the COVAX ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Companies Need to Pay Attention: Regulatory Changes Are Coming From Biden
Japanese companies need to pay attention; things are going to change. President Biden chaired the Judiciary Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee while in the Senate, and those are two areas ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Wants U.S. Back in the TPP. It Will Likely Have to Wait.
The Biden administration in no rush to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership as it reviews inherited trade policies and focuses on its domestic agenda. ( read original story ...)
Nucleation process of the 2011 northern Nagano earthquake from nearby seismic observations
Tohoku-oki earthquake was followed by seismicity activation in inland areas throughout Japan. An outstanding case is the M6.2 Northern Nagano earthquake, central Japan, occurred 13-h after the ... ( read original story ...)
Head of Tokyo Olympics reiterates games will not be canceled due to Covid
The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday was again forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months ... ( read original story ...)
Japan scrapped a cartoon mascot meant to promote its plan to dump Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea
The mascot was pulled after just one day because people thought the cuteness of the character did not match the seriousness of the issue. ( read original story ...)
Japan to double inter-regional power grid to boost renewable energy-Nikkei
Japan aims to double its inter-regional power grid capacity by adding up to 23 gigawatts to help speed expansion of renewable energy such as offshore wind farms, the Nikkei business daily said on its ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka lodging houses used as morgues creates unease among residents
In a quiet residential neighborhood of southern Osaka, the transition of a private house licensed to take in lodgers into a so-called ... ( read original story ...)
Japan places Tokyo under month-long ‘quasi-emergency’ after COVID-19 surge
Japan placed Tokyo under a new, month-long state of "quasi-emergency" on Friday to combat surging COVID-19 infections, less than a month after the capital and host of the Summer Olympics lifted a ... ( read original story ...)
Marty Friedman’s “Tokyo Jukebox 3” and more, 5 Things To Know
You wouldn't think a heavy metal kid from Washington, D.C. would be a natural fit for the Land of the Rising Sun. But Japan, and Tokyo in particular, has been ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: 15 health ministry staffers test positive for coronavirus after Ginza party
The health ministry on Thursday revealed that it is upping coronavirus control measures after a farewell party held last month is believed to have been the source of an outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
Central Japan Railway: Challenges From Business Travel Recovery And Maglev Project Costs
Central Japan Railway operates the Tokaido Shinkansen, the 'bullet train' line that runs from Tokyo to Osaka - the main transport artery in Japan. The company faces two challenges; recovering ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. and Japan can take their time on China
The United States and Japan may soon have an improved joint plan to counter China's influence. President Joe Biden chose Yoshihide Suga, the Japanese prime minister, as his first in-person meeting ... ( read original story ...)