Authorities in Tokyo pledged May 5 to provide additional financial support to small businesses that comply with a request to close their operations or shorten business hours to he ... ( read original story ...)
Private info on 490 central Japan coronavirus patients accidently released online
Private information on 490 people in this central Japan prefecture who have been confirmed infected with the novel coronavirus, including th ... ( read original story ...)
NASA Satellite Image Shows Forested Grid Pattern In Japan’s Hokkaido
The 'checkerboard' pattern, which can be seen even under thick snow, was deliberately made to protect grasslands and animals from harsh weather. ( read original story ...)
Box-cutter blades found left in kids’ sandbox in Yokohama park
YOKOHAMA -- At least 20 box-cutter replacement blades were found scattered in a park in this city south of Tokyo on May 4, with some of them buried in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan computer-savvy teen designs app to fight pandemic
Kato has designed an iPhone software application that uses GPS so individuals can keep their own records of their whereabouts in their mobile phone, to help with such contact tracing. Under Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to pay more to businesses that remain shut until May 31
The Tokyo metropolitan government said Tuesday it will give more financial aid to small and medium-sized businesses in the capital th ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to pay more to businesses that remain closed until May 31
The Tokyo metropolitan government said Tuesday it will give more financial aid to small and medium-sized businesses in the capital that agree to its request to suspend operations until the end of this ... ( read original story ...)
Being at home with little Willow is the best thing in the world… but I fear Tokyo delay will hit my medal bid, admits British Olympic star Max Whitlock
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DAVID COVERDALE: Going from globe-trotting gymnast to stay-at-home dad was not part of Max Whitlock's career plan for at least another four years. ( read original story ...)
Athletics-Canada confirms race walk and marathon nominees for Tokyo
Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee, the world championship 50km bronze medallist, and marathoners Trevor Hofbauer and Dayna Pidhoresky have been nominated for their events at the delayed Tokyo 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Athletics Canada confirms Tokyo 2021 spots for Hofbauer, Pidhoresky and Dunfee
Marathoners Trevor Hofbauer and Dayna Pidhoresky and race walker Evan Dunfee have been nominated by Athletics Canada for their events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Hidden threat: Japan has only 2-week stockpile of LNG
Because LNG is poorly suited for long-term storage, Japan only has a two-week stockpile. Yet the country depends on the fuel for 40 per cent of its electric power generation, and all of the LNG it ... ( read original story ...)
Athletics Canada confirm Tokyo 2021 spots for Hofbauer, Pidhoresky and Dunfee
Marathoners Trevor Hofbauer and Dayna Pidhoresky and race walker Evan Dunfee have been nominated by Athletics Canada for their events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Osaka sets its own targets for lifting curbs on residents, firms
Authorities in Osaka Prefecture, the nation's third most populous, released their own numerical guidelines May 5 for deciding whether to lift a request for voluntarily rest ... ( read original story ...)
A Run on Toilets Leaves Japanese Makers Flush With Orders
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 ...)
How Crypto Innovator Alex Mashinsky Challenges Fed Monetary Policy
That is the audacity, the stealing in the U.S. economy - a lot of people don’t understand the ‘invisible hand’ that is emptying our pockets. The history books will show how this is 2008 all over ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to pay more to businesses that stay shut until May 31
The scheme and the size of Tokyo's subsidies will be similar to what had been decided before the extension of the state of emergency, involving payouts of 500,000 yen ($4,700) to business owners with ... ( read original story ...)