The early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak triggered twin bouts of panic buying in Japan — of toilet paper and of the toilets themselves as building wholesalers competed to secure the precious ... ( read original story ...)
Canon becomes a founding member of intellectual property partnership to combat spread of COVID-19
According to this declaration, Canon has pledged not to enforce its intellectual property rights against development, manufacturing and other activities whose purpose is stopping the spread of ... ( read original story ...)
Necessary or not? The LDP’s proposed emergency powers clause for the Constitution
May 3 marked 73 years since the Constitution took effect. Long-standing arguments over the future of war-renouncing Article 9 have often marked past celebr ... ( read original story ...)
Shooting star: Archer aims at Tokyo gold with arm pain gone
In between remodeling his archery workshop and raising piglets, Brady Ellison shoots about 100 arrows a day on his custom-built range. That's not very high volume for him. He's scaled way back with ... ( read original story ...)
Red light for stress
Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo have created a biphasic luminescent material that changes color when exposed to mechanical stress. This work has many ... ( read original story ...)
Restaurants & Hospitality: Popular Japanese pop-up to become permanent restaurant (Video)
OK Yaki, the creation of chef Corban Irby, will move into The Seville, a forthcoming redeveloped commercial strip in East Atlanta, according to plans filed with the city of Atlanta. The building, ... ( read original story ...)
Canon, Toyota, other Japan firms to open patents to help fight virus
Canon Inc. said Friday it will offer patents and other intellectual property rights for free, along with about 20 other companies inc ... ( read original story ...)
Sosei Heptares Notes That Enerzair® Breezhaler® (QVM149) has been Recommended for Approval in the European Union for Treating Uncontrolled Asthma
Positive opinion received from European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) - Enerzair® Breezhaler® ... ( read original story ...)
Unbowed: Mori Moves Ahead With Japan’s Tallest Building Project Amid Pandemic
The Japanese property developer Yoshiko Mori controls, Mori Building, is moving ahead with a massive $5.4 billion project to redevelop 8.1 hectares in the heart of Tokyo amid the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Financial Ramifications Of Coronavirus Canceling Tokyo Olympics Would Be ‘Massive’
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 ...)