Singapore and China agreed to ease quarantine requirements for business and official travelers as countries in Asia slowly take steps to ease back to normal, while Japan reportedly debates scaling ... ( read original story ...)
Bali earthquake: Powerful 5.7 magnitude quake rocks Indonesia in horror ’30-second shake’
Indonesia has been hit by a powerful 5.7 magnitude earthquake. The quake struck in the Bali Sea, and although hundreds of kilometres away from the epicentre of the earthquake, the shock was felt as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s service sector activity shrinks for fourth month in May – PMI
Japan's services sector activity stayed deep in contraction in May, although the pace of decline moderated from the previous month, as restraining measures put in place over the coronavirus outbreak ... ( read original story ...)
A $100 Billion Robotics Supplier Is Japan’s Second Biggest Firm
(Bloomberg) -- It’s the rise of the robots: Japan’s second-largest company is now a maker of industrial automation systems, highlighting the rising importance of a less visible sector to a nation long ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea to Reopen WTO Complaint Over Japan Trade Curbs
SEOUL, South Korea — Reigniting a bitter row between key U.S. allies, South Korea on Tuesday said it will reopen a complaint filed with the World Trade Organization over Japan’s tightened controls on ... ( read original story ...)
Automating Factories Creates $100 Billion Japan Corporate Giant
It’s the rise of the robots: Japan’s second-largest company is now a maker of industrial automation systems, highlighting the rising importance of a less visible sector to a nation long associated ... ( read original story ...)
AM Best: Growing COVID-19-Driven Pressures on Japan Life Insurance Market Prompted Outlook Revision to Negative (AM BestTV)
In this episode of AMBestTV, Jason Shum, associate director, analytics, AM Best, said pressures on the Japan life insurance market, including mortalit ... ( read original story ...)
New discovery could highlight areas where earthquakes are less likely to occur
Scientists from Cardiff University have discovered specific conditions that occur along the ocean floor where two tectonic plates are more likely to slowly creep past one another as opposed to ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka introduces QR contact tracing system as bars and restaurants reopen
Users who scan the code at establishments will be notified if another patron is later found to have become infected. ( read original story ...)
Full Plate: Great Divide, Blue Island open new concepts, while Jeff Osaka closes one
Great Divide Brewing Co., one of Denver’s oldest breweries and the operator of two taprooms in the city and a restaurant at Denver International Airport, on Monday opened Great Divide Brewery & ... ( read original story ...)
Plug and Play Japan has selected 104 startups for their Summer/Fall 2020 Batch
PRNewswire/ -- Plug and Play Japan KK (Japan office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Phillip Vincent, Hereinafter called; Plug and Play Japan) has ... ( read original story ...)
City of Tokyo issues stay-home alert after jump in new virus infections
The Tokyo government on Tuesday warned citizens to stay at home unless they had urgent business and to practise social distancing after recording 34 new coronavirus infections, the highest since early ... ( read original story ...)
Global shares rise as more economies reopen for business
Global stock markets rose Tuesday as more economies reopened for business after long and painful shutdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Olympic hopefuls Garrett Scantling and Devon Williams return to Athens Tokyo Dreaming
After barely missing out on competing in the 2016 Olympics, former Georgia decathletes Garret Scantling and Devon Williams have their eyes set on Tokyo for the 2021 Summer Games. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Issues Virus Alert to Residents After New Cases Spike
Tokyo issued an alert to residents for the first time urging additional caution against ... with establishments from gyms to schools re-opening their doors on Monday under step two of the city’s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo could call for return to anti-virus footing after more than 30 new daily cases reported
This marks the first time since May 14 that more than 30 cases have been reported in Tokyo in a single day. According to the city’s coronavirus roadmap for the lifting of countermeasures announced ... ( read original story ...)