As flagship hotels go, the 190-room Four Seasons Tokyo at Otemachi sparkles like any other in the luxury hotel chain’s collection. But instead of a cavalcade of guests swarming the five-star property ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, in a State of Emergency, Yet Still Having Drinks at a Bar
Tokyo may have been lulled into complacency during the weeks when Japan contained the coronavirus while avoiding economically devastating lockdowns, our bureau chief writes. ( read original story ...)
Lack of aid guarantees divides prefectures over emergency business closures
Osaka – As Japan spent its first weekend under a national ... and to practice social distancing. But the issue of business closures and financial aid remains contentious. While some have called on ... ( read original story ...)
Federer pays tribute to WTA Legends, Osaka is ‘Together at Home’
Click here to find out more info. WTA Legends from Martina Hingis to Stefanie Graf were among the retired players whom Roger Federer paid tribute to over the weekend, Naomi Osaka joined the World ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s workers endure tents and toddlers in battle to work at home
Japan’s salarymen and women, the corporate troops who built one of the world’s biggest economies, are struggling with tents, earplugs and wandering toddlers in their hardest battle yet — the home ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan Passes 10,000 Domestic Cases of COVID-19
Japanese health ministry said Sunday that 568 new cases of the coronavirus were reported the day before, bringing a domestic total to 10,361. ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Fewer sick in S Korea, infections rise in Japan
South Korea on Sunday reported eight more cases of the coronavirus, the first time a daily increase has dropped to a single digit in about two months. The Korea Centers ... ( read original story ...)
Supermarket staff risk infection, shoppers’ ire as labor shortages bite in virus-hit Japan
Japan's supermarket employees are being driven to exhaustion from the pressure to keep selling daily necessities and food amid the spread of ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 cases exceed 10,000 in Japan
People wearing masks walk on the street in Nagoya, Japan, April 17, 2020. (/Handout via Xinhua) As Japan enters the first weekend after a state of emergency was expanded nationwide, the number of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan spa busts boredom with hot spring water home deliveries amid pandemic
A spa in this northeastern Japan city has begun delivering hot spring water to bring a little extra joy to people stuck at home am･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Strong earthquake rattles Japanese islands
A strong earthquake shook the Ogasawara Islands south of mainland Japan Saturday. The United States Geological Survey said the quake measured 6.6 in magnitude. The quake was centered in the Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
The Honjin Murders and The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo review — Japan’s Agatha Christie
You may not have heard of Seishi Yokomizo. It’s even less likely that you have read any of his highly original crime novels. Yet Yokomizo is one of the towering figures of Japanese crime fiction, born ... ( read original story ...)
Carter announces he is leaving Japan’s Kobe Steelers
DAN CARTER'S INSTAGRAM POST SAYING HE IS LEAVING KOBE STEELERS / FILE FOOTAGE OF CARTER IN TOKYO AND CARTER PREPARING FOR 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL / STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF CARTER FROM 2015 RUGBY WORLD ... ( read original story ...)
Too early to worry coronavirus will further delay Tokyo Games
Under increasing pressure from athletes, and Tokyo Games organisers last month postponed the 2020 Games for one year as the coronavirus s ... ( read original story ...)
6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan; no injuries reported
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's southern Ogasawara Islands on Saturday, seismologists confirmed. ( read original story ...)
Pandemic forces organizers to mull options for 2025 Osaka Expo
Osaka – Later this month, the Paris-based Bureau of International Expositions is ... despite economic concerns in Japan about the virus and the postponed Tokyo Olympics, Kansai and national government ... ( read original story ...)