Tokyo reported 260 new cases of COVID-19 on Aug. 16 as the count dropped below 300 for the first time in three days, according to metropolitan health officials. The last time new cases totaled under ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Shouldn’t Ignore TikTok’s Possible Data Risks, Amari Says
Japan shouldn’t ignore the possible data security risks posed by Chinese music video app TikTok, which various other countries have pointed out, a senior ruling party official said. ( read original story ...)
Daily life in Tokyo, Japan
Cartoon characters wearing face masks are seen in front of a store in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi) A citizen wearing a face mask enters a department store with a Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Been Proudly Pacifist for 75 Years. A Missile Proposal Challenges That.
While acquiring weapons to counter countries like North Korea and China would be unremarkable for most world powers, in Japan it is reviving a politically sensitive debate. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo protects Leandro goal to beat Nagoya in Sei Muroya’s last game
FC Tokyo right back Sei Muroya may be bound for Germany, but he made sure not to make manager Kenta Hasegawa regret sending him out for one last shift. In ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus shakes up Tokyo’s commercial property market
TOKYO -- The coronavirus pandemic is transforming Tokyo's property lease market. In Shibuya ward, at the center of Japan's capital, the amount of vacant restaurant properties has doubled over the ... ( read original story ...)
Urgent action needed to avert sevens humiliation for Team GB in Tokyo
It is less than a year until Team GB go for Olympic gold in men’s and women’s rugby sevens. It will be the sport’s second Olympics after a brilliant campaign for admission by World Rugby.What chance ... ( read original story ...)
Japan marks 75 years since World War II surrender
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Saturday never to "repeat the tragedy of war" during a commemoration marking VJ Day, the day Japan surrendered in World War II. ( read original story ...)
VJ Day 2020: Japan’s tribute reopens old wounds
A popular young Japanese politician tipped to become prime minister led high-profile visits to a controversial Tokyo shrine to mark the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in 1945.Shinjiro Koizumi ... ( read original story ...)
UK, Japan, President Trump mark 75th anniversary of V-J Day
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip marked the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Japan during World War II on Saturday, leading tributes to those who fought during the six-year-long ... ( read original story ...)
Palantir Technologies could be the next company to go public in a direct listing. Spotify and Slack give clues to what that could look like.
Spotify and Slack used many of the same banks, and listed on the same stock exchange. ( read original story ...)
The 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Tokyo
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako (L) offer a silent prayer during the memorial service for the war dead of World War II marking the 75th anniversary in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, August 15, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Marks the 75th Anniversary of Its Surrender in World War II
Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions at a somber annual ceremony curtailed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe, on WW2 anniversary, vows not to repeat war, sends offering to shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking on the 75th anniversary of Japan's World War Two surrender, pledged never to repeat the tragedy of war and Emperor Naruhito expressed "deep remorse" over ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito expresses ‘deep remorse’ over WWII while PM Shinzo Abe vows ‘never to repeat the tragedy’
PM Shinzo Abe vowed ‘never to repeat the tragedy’ on 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender but sent an offering to controversial Yasukuni Shrine. ( read original story ...)
Waking up to child abuse by caregivers
Children who are sexually abused may not understand what is happening to them or are cowed into silence by their abusers. ( read original story ...)