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David K. Li Keepers at Japan's Sumida Aquarium, closed because of the coronavirus outbreak, are appealing to patrons to go online and call — their eels. The creatures have forgotten what it's like to ... ( read original story ...)

The hotels are also staffed by doctors and nurses, but officials hope the robots can cheer up patients who are isolated in single rooms. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's postponed Olympics is unlikely to take place even in 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic may not be fully contained around the world by then, a growing number of infectious disease experts warn. ( read original story ...)

News Agency Tokyo opens robot hotels for COVID-19 patients. Posted . Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened a hotel with robots for coronavirus patients with lighter symptoms that d ... ( read original story ...)

And Holden was the centrepiece, the mothership of vehicle manufacturing. While not the giant of yesteryear, it still absorbed Australia's raw materials and locally made supplier products, and ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, part of The University of Tokyo, and Yokohama City University have introduced novel color-changing organic crystals that spontaneously return to ... ( read original story ...)

Four pachinko parlors in Kobe and Yokohama received the first business suspension orders of the coronavirus pandemic Friday after defying government requests to close to curb the virus's spread. The ... ( read original story ...)

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it ... ( read original story ...)

With much of the world's human population stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, one Japanese aquarium is exploring a new way to ensure its inhabitants don't get too used to the peace and ... ( read original story ...)

The 2021 badminton World Championships will start in late November next year to avoid a clash with the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. ( read original story ...)

Soccer fields, football stadiums, tennis courts and martial arts arenas have been filling gaps in health care systems overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

"It seems like the spotted garden eels are getting used to a non-human environment and have forgotten about people." ... ( read original story ...)

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will formally decide as early as Monday whether to extend its nationwide state of emergency, said public broadcaster NHK, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned citizens to prepare for a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday the government would plan for an approximately month-long extension of a state of emergency declared over the coronavirus pandemic. Abe put in place an ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would review the state of emergency over the coronavirus epidemic on May 4, and was leaning towards extending it by roughly a month. ( read original story ...)