The declaration amounted to an acknowledgment that his efforts to keep the country running normally had exposed it to a potential sharp rise in coronavirus infections. ( read original story ...)
Parents pray four years on for son, 22, who perished in Kumamoto earthquakes landslide
Among those who mourned victims of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes four years on were the parents of Hikaru Yamato, a 22-year-old student fr･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Self-similarity of low-frequency earthquakes
Low-frequency earthquakes are a particular class of slow earthquakes that provide a unique source of information on the physical processes along a subduction zone during the preparation of large ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees worst drop ever in foreign visitors in March
Japan recorded its largest drop in foreign tourists ever in March following its imposition of expanded entry restrictions to contain the new coronavirus. Foreign visitors plummeted 93 percent from a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to declare nationwide state of emergency as virus spreads
The government had been considering expanding of the state of emergency, currently covering Tokyo, Osaka and five prefectures ... Besides Kishida, he met with LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan may broaden emergency, as Abe plans cash payouts for all
Japan was preparing to extend a state of emergency beyond major cities to the entire nation, media reported on Thursday, and a government official said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will change a draft ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Thailand to extend visas amid virus challenges
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause m ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Should Drop Strings on Virus Aid, Economist Says
Japan’s government is getting its response to the virus wrong by adding strings to its financial assistance for companies and people, and by not engineering a tighter lockdown, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Says Donating 2 Million Face Masks to Virus-Hit Japan
Taiwan will donate two million face masks to its former colonial master Japan, which has been hard hit by the outbreak of the new coronavirus, as part of the is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to expand state of emergency to rest of country: Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - is preparing to expand the state of emergency that Japan has declared for seven of its 47 prefectures so far to the rest of the nation in a bid to contain the coronavirus, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM to expand virus emergency nationwide: reports
Japan's government will convene a key panel of medics Thursday to advise on its state of emergency over the coronavirus, as local media reported the prime minister would expand the measures to cover ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Convene Experts Meeting About Expanding Emergency
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing to expand the state of emergency that he has declared for seven of Japan's 47 prefectures to the rest of the nation in a bid to contain the coronavirus, local ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to extend state of emergency to entire country: report
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reportedly planning to extend Japan's State of Emergency to the entire country, roughly one month after he insisted the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games would go on as planned ... ( read original story ...)
More advisers’ clients crave crypto coins despite risks
Yet by January 2019 it had collapsed below $4,000. Last March, US economist Nouriel Roubini described crypto as “the mother and father of all bubbles”, noting that other “top ten” cryptocurrencies had ... ( read original story ...)
JR Hokkaido to put 1,450 employees on leave in bid to survive coronavirus pandemic
Sapporo – Hokkaido Railway Co. plans to put some 1,450 of its workforce, or 20 percent of all employees including contract workers, on leave to offset growing loses from the coronavirus pandemic. “We ... ( read original story ...)
Central Japan children home alone due to school closures experience burglaries
With schools closed due to the fallout from the spread of the novel coronavirus, Aichi Prefectural Police has already confirmed three incide ... ( read original story ...)