Tokyo organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said if the Olympics cannot go off in the summer of 2021 as planned, they would be canceled rather than delayed any further. That would create ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: How Shinzo Abe has fumbled Japan’s response
As countries around the world debate when and how to ease pandemic restrictions, coronavirus infections continue their steady rise in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Yamaha’s Purist Sports Car Could Have Looked like This
Patent renderings of the Sports Ride, designed in collaboration with Gordon Murray, are a look at what might have been. ( read original story ...)
Harvard and Astellas Establish Strategic Research Alliance
Harvard and Astellas establish a strategic research alliance to support research and development of innovative therapeutics and technologies. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Investors Planned to Purchase More Commercial Property in 2020, Pre-Coronavirus Outbreak
Coronavirus world, Japanese investors gave three major threats to real estate investment this year were identifie ... ( read original story ...)
How Shinzo Abe has fumbled Japan’s coronavirus response
Japan's coronavirus infections continue to rise as its neighbors' curves flatten. Why aren't people listening to the government and staying home? ( read original story ...)
How our Olympians are training at home during COVID-19 pandemic
The slalom canoeist is unable to train at Penrith White Water Stadium as its running water is not an essential service. And the solution has proven to be a little closer to home. “When we were kids, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo man suspected of bloodying 80 Shinkansen seat covers
Aichi police on Thursday arrested a man living in Tokyo for allegedly dripping his own blood onto dozens of covers for seats inside a Shinkansen train ... ( read original story ...)
TABLE-Japan insurers’ investment plans for fiscal year to March 2021
Following is a summary of the investment plans of Japan's biggest life insurance companies for the year through March 2021, based on interviews with Reuters and news conferences this month. For ... ( read original story ...)
1st Circ. Says Fukushima Suit Against GE Belongs In Japan
Law360 (April 24, 2020, 10:14 PM EDT) -- The First Circuit on Friday backed a lower court's ruling that Japan is the right place for a suit against General Electric brought by Japanese residents who ... ( read original story ...)
Mikro Entertainment Launches Dance Content Marketplace to Help Dancers Benefit From Third-Party Usage
Mikro Entertainment Inc., a company that has received national media coverage, today announces the launch of the first-ever dance content marketplace, named "GESREC." It ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka police officer arrested for keeping ¥10,000 note turned in by 2 brothers
A 21-year-old Osaka police officer has been arrested on suspicion of ... Police said Nozawa pocketed the money without filing any paperwork for the lost property. The boys told their mother about the ... ( read original story ...)
GA technologies ranked as 110 of the Financial Times’ Top 1000 High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2020
GA technologies Co., Ltd (TYO: 3491) announced the company has ranked as No.110 of the top 1,000 places on the Financial Times' High-Growth Companies Asia Pacific 2020 list, which is based on ... ( read original story ...)
COVERING CLIMATE NOW/ Japan’s exports of coal-fired thermal plants at a crossroads
Developments in December stunned Japanese officials involved in coal-fired thermal power plants but also led to a glimmer of hope that Japan is becoming more concerned about environmental damage ... ( read original story ...)
Cosmopolitan Projects and Central Developments Property Group wins Laserfiche Run Smarter Award
“We congratulate Cosmopolitan Projects and Central Developments Property Group for achieving the Laserfiche ... Inc., a global leading provider of total document solutions based in Osaka, Japan. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese firm rents empty flats as a temporary ‘coronavirus divorce’ to stressed couples
Japan has a strong work culture and old-fashioned gender attitudes still dominate Credit: NATSUKO FUKUEBEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images Yui is one of 25 people already signed up to Kasoku. She moved ... ( read original story ...)