The latest policy announcement from Mizuho, Japan’s second-largest bank, shows clearly that Japanese banks now recognize climate change as a risk that needs to be governed from the very top. SMBC ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to ask nightclub workers to take virus tests
The Tokyo metropolitan government will ask people working at nightclubs and similar entertainment establishments to regularly take co ... ( read original story ...)
Now On Display: Japan’s Air Force One Boeing 747 Interior
This area usually housed premium cabins on commercial 747s, but first class looks crowded compared to Japan’s Air Force One. There are two sofa beds, a conference table and perhaps one of the world’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan declines to join U.S., others in condemning China for Hong Kong law: Kyodo
Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries ... ( read original story ...)
In a Tokyo school, temperature checks and silent lunches as Japan restarts classes
Japan is among a small number of countries trying to find a way to restart education — under restrictions and with emergency plans to close again if the virus finds a foothold. At Hoyonomori Gakuen, a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese companies developing cool face masks for summer
Several companies in different fields are hurrying to develop cool and dry face masks to help people in the upcoming sweltering summer heat in Japan as they continue to wear masks to prevent the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, U.K. to Hold Trade Talks on Tuesday, Nikkei Says
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.K. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will on Tuesday discuss forming a new trade accord as Britain departs from the European Union, Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s video gaming grandma, 90, plays her way into record books
Still nimble-fingered pensioner Hamako Mori holds Guinness world record as oldest gaming YouTuber ... ( read original story ...)
Stifled probes of US forces aircraft crashes in Okinawa expose one-sided Japan pacts
Since 2012 when the Ospreys were deployed to the Futenma air base, there had been calls that the aircraft presented a danger from crashes and other hazards. The 2016 incident was when those fears ... ( read original story ...)
Weekend Hot Topic, part 2: Favourite Japanese video games
GameCentral readers discuss their favourite Japanese-made video games, from Resident Evil 4 to Deadly Premonition. ( read original story ...)
Why Japan Never Built A Massive Fleet of World War II Aircraft Carriers
Japan lacked the industrial strength needed to wage a war against the United States. Yet, Japanese military planners seldom considered the limitations to their nation’s construction capabilities. One ... ( read original story ...)
Photos show where around the world Black Lives Matter and anti-police brutality protests are erupting, from Tokyo to Amsterdam
Black Lives Matter demonstrators across the world are protesting systemic racism in solidarity with the U.S. following the killing of George Floyd. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Coronavirus Numbers Are Low. Are Masks the Reason?
In America, masks have become a weapon in the culture wars. In Japan, wearing one is no big deal, and deaths have stayed low. ( read original story ...)
SEC targets crypto multi-level marketing scheme in new lawsuit
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday that it has filed charges against the alleged operators of a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme.The post SEC targets crypto multi-level ... ( read original story ...)
Kurdish case becomes rallying cry for Japan protest against police
The case of a Kurdish man who says he was stopped and shoved to the ground by Tokyo police became a rallying cry for protesters marching in solidarity with Black Lives Matter on Saturday. Several ... ( read original story ...)
Contact-tracing and peer pressure: how Japan has controlled coronavirus
Tracking of Covid-19 patients has kept deaths low – but social etiquette has played its part too, says Dr Tomoya Saito of Japan’s National Institute of Public Health ... ( read original story ...)