Japan plans to buy AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine and fund a local company to manufacture Novavax's vaccine candidate, ramping up its stockpile plan as it battles surging infections. ( read original story ...)
Real-life GTA? YouTuber Recreates Game on Streets of Tokyo in Amazing Video
The YouTube group brings Grand Theft Auto to life with a walk around Shibuya, complete with sound effects, graphics, and loading screens. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares falter on weak Asia markets, profit-taking
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gave up 0.39 percent or 88.21 points to 22,329.94, but made a weekly gain of 2.86 percent, driven up by robust US shares.The broader Topix index lost 0.20 percent or ... ( read original story ...)
Kazuyoshi Miura becomes oldest player to appear in professional cup game aged 53 after starting for Yokohama FC
KAZUYOSHI MIURA has become the oldest player to ever appear in a professional cup game aged 53. The Japanese star was born in 1967, kicked off his career in 1982 and is now entering his 35th ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo ward assemblyman arrested for alleged indecent exposure in parking lot
Kanagawa Prefectural Police made an onsite arrest of a Tokyo municipal assemblyman on Aug. 6 for indecent exposure in a parking lot in the ... ( read original story ...)
AstraZeneca to supply Japan with COVID-19 vaccine thru JCR Pharma output, imports
AstraZeneca said on Friday JCR Pharma will help make a portion of its potential COVID-19 vaccine in Japan and it will import shots as part of its deal to supply the Asian nation with up 120 million ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda to make Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
Takeda Pharmaceutical will manufacture and sell up to 250 million doses of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan every year, the two companies said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Americans insist the atom bomb ended the war in Japan — ignoring its human cost
After five years of speaking to audiences across the country about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the subject of my book, I can hardly tolerate another person saying to me — sometimes ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says in deal to purchase AstraZeneca’s COVID-10 vaccine
Japan will buy 120 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine from early next year, its health minister said on Friday, adding that domestic pharmaceutical firms would help in ... ( read original story ...)
Gargling solution flies off Japan’s shelves after governor touts anti-virus effect
On Tuesday, Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said a study showed a smaller viral load in the saliva of 41 patients with mild symptoms after regular gargling with a medicine infused with povidone ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei drops for third session to 22,330 ahead of long weekend
Tokyo stocks extended their losing streak to a third market day on Friday as investors retreated to the sidelines ahead of the three-day weekend in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s GPIF earns $118 bln in Q1 returns as stock markets rally
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) said on Friday it earned a first-quarter investment return of 12.49 trillion yen ($118.4 billion) as global stock markets rallied, following its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares end lower on gloomy earnings, Sino-U.S. tensions
U.S. tensions heightened following a U.S. ban on transactions with China's tech firms, while a raft of lacklustre domestic earnings and caution ahead of key U.S. jobs data also weighed. ( read original story ...)
Novavax and Takeda Announce Collaboration for Novavax’ COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate in Japan
Novavax will license COVID-19 vaccine technology to Takeda for local production and commercialization in Japan * Matrix-M adjuvant to be supplied from Novavax * Government of Japan will provide ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka University upset over new ‘University of Osaka’
Osaka University in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, is contesting a trademark registration for the English name “University of Osaka” that was filed by another entity. Osaka Prefecture University in Sakai ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic exposes Japan’s over reliance on tourist spending
Destinations such as Kyoto and Osaka are particularly hit hard as foreign visitors vanish Kyoto: It's peak summer holiday time in the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto, when throngs of international ... ( read original story ...)