Black Lives Matter demonstrators across the world are protesting systemic racism in solidarity with the U.S. following the killing of George Floyd. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Coronavirus Numbers Are Low. Are Masks the Reason?
In America, masks have become a weapon in the culture wars. In Japan, wearing one is no big deal, and deaths have stayed low. ( read original story ...)
SEC targets crypto multi-level marketing scheme in new lawsuit
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday that it has filed charges against the alleged operators of a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme.The post SEC targets crypto multi-level ... ( read original story ...)
Kurdish case becomes rallying cry for Japan protest against police
The case of a Kurdish man who says he was stopped and shoved to the ground by Tokyo police became a rallying cry for protesters marching in solidarity with Black Lives Matter on Saturday. Several ... ( read original story ...)
Contact-tracing and peer pressure: how Japan has controlled coronavirus
Tracking of Covid-19 patients has kept deaths low – but social etiquette has played its part too, says Dr Tomoya Saito of Japan’s National Institute of Public Health ... ( read original story ...)
Toranomon Hills Station opens on Tokyo’s Hibiya Line
The Hibiya subway line got its first new stop in 56 years Saturday as Tokyo Metro Co. opened Toranomon Hills Station to the public. The station, which lies between Kasumigaseki and Kamiyacho stations, ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban calls for coronavirus-safe shelters
The designer wants the Japanese government to have a stock of easily assembled structures ready to be used in case a disaster strikes ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 hopeful Sophie McKinna on working two jobs to achieve Olympic dream
Working two jobs is a lot for anyone to take on, let alone an elite athlete on a mission to make her first Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Protests in Australia, Japan embrace ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement
The rolling, global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities, sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis after a police officer detaining him knelt on ... ( read original story ...)
Protests take place in Australia, Japan and Thailand
Reuters Thousands of people took to the streets in Australia on Saturday to support protests against police brutality across the U.S. Demonstrations were limited by social-distancing curbs due to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan advocate for daughter, others abducted to NKorea dies
Shigeru Yokota, a Japanese campaigner for the return of his daughter and more than a dozen others who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970s, has died. He was ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo walks: Shimokitazawa, the essence of Japan at its coolest
This is an area inhabited both by students looking for cheaper places near the Tokyo University Komaba campus and long-term residents of what used (even postwar) to be a village on the edge of town ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka calls out trolls who say ‘athletes shouldn’t get involved with politics’
Professional tennis pro Naomi Osaka is calling out trolls on social media who say “athletes shouldn’t get involved with politics.” ... ( read original story ...)
Imperial Japan Could Only Blame Itself When The Taiho Aircraft Carrier Was Sunk
It was an irrecoverable blow to Japan’s fleet at this stage of the war and occurred during her first combat mission, only three months after her commissioning. ( read original story ...)
Legend Biotech’s Upsized IPO Lands $424M for Multiple Myeloma Drug
The biggest life sciences IPO of the year so far belongs to Legend Biotech. The cancer drug developer was able to raise $423.8 million after pricing its ... ( read original story ...)
America Should Never Forget Russia’s Attack On Imperial Japan
Yet Moscow’s timely intervention in the war against Japan allowed it to expand its influence along the Pacific Rim. The Second World War was an unparalleled calamity for the Soviet Union. As many as ... ( read original story ...)