The Osaka Municipal Government said it will accept raincoats of any type and color but they have to be unused. “We’d like to seek cooperation from those who have raincoats that have never been used,” ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign Visitors to Japan Plummet 93% in March on Coronavirus
Total foreign arrivals, which include tourism and business arrivals, plunged to just 193,700 from 2.76 million in the same month last year, the Japan National Tourism Organization said. Wealth of ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Japan Sees More Patients and a Dire Projection
Japan could see some 850,000 people seriously sickened by the coronavirus and almost half of them dying if no social distancing or other measures are followed, according to an expert estimate released ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s homeless internet cafe refugees seek shelter
One 58-year-old occasional construction-site worker told AFP his main aim was "avoiding getting wet", as he found a roof over his head at a shelter converted from a martial arts centre in Yokohama ... ( read original story ...)
Japan health ministry projects 400,000 deaths without virus containment measures: media
Japan’s death toll from the novel could reach 400,000 without measures to stem the contagion, according to a health ministry projection reported by ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe pressed to pay out more cash as coronavirus hits economy
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is under pressure to take bolder steps to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus, with calls from his political partners to hand out more cash to more people. ( read original story ...)
Japan urges citizens to limit movements to curb virus spread
Japan’s citizens should do everything in their power to limit interactions with others by 70% to curb the spread of, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday. He said the government will ... ( read original story ...)
How coronavirus exposed Japan’s low-tech blind spot
As Japan has slowly contorted itself into a life of corona confinement, two books have been fighting for the top spot on Amazon.co.jp. One is the Japanese translation of Albert Camus’ 1947 classic La ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s homeless ‘net cafe refugees’ seek shelter amid virus woe
Thousands of homeless "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the sudden closure of their uniquely Japanese 24/7 comic book havens. His ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Declares State of Emergency For Tokyo, Osaka Over Virus
The one-month emergency period from April 7 will cover Osaka, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures as well as the capital. The move hands powers to local governments to try to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to declare state of emergency over coronavirus
Abe announced the plan on Monday, citing "rapid increases of new infections, particularly in urban areas like Tokyo and Osaka". His government secured approval for the move Tuesday morning from a ... ( read original story ...)
Will Japan ETFs Suffer as it Declares State of Emergency?
Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, announced the state of emergency in the capital Tokyo and six other prefectures — Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama, the western hub of Osaka, and neighboring ... ( read original story ...)
FPT Joins Keidanren, Japan’s Largest Business Association
FPT has recently become a member of Keidanren, also known as Japan Business Association, in an attempt to strengthen ties with the Japanese Government and the local business community. This press ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘on the brink’ as it struggles to hold back coronavirus
Japan will ban entry of foreigners from 73 countries and ask everyone arriving from abroad to quarantine for two weeks in its struggle to contain the coronavirus, with a senior minister warning ... ( read original story ...)
Fading Vision? How coronavirus hit Softbank’s $100bn tech fund
TOKYO -- Investors have been given a glimpse of plunging valuations at some of the ... The figure fell to $7.8 billion after WeWork canceled its IPO in late September. SoftBank has already booked ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: More patients in Tokyo, less pay in New Zealand
Coronavirus patients are being moved to more hospitals and even hotels in Tokyo as infections surged in the Japanese capital, where medical experts warn the health care system is on the brink of ... ( read original story ...)