The number of new COVID-19 infections in Japan rose above 1,000 on Tuesday for the first time in three months, the Jiji news agency reported. ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Osaka aims to rediscover love for the game after winning return
Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka said rediscovering her love for tennis and not focusing on results and rankings were among her top goals for 2022, following her return to action in Melbourne on ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Rusty Osaka sees off Cornet in error-strewn return
Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka was rusty on her return to action for the first time in four months on Tuesday but still advanced to the second round of the Melbourne Summer Set tournament with a ... ( read original story ...)
PRESS RELEASE: Armacell strengthens its presence in Japan
Acquisition Armacell strengthens its presence in Japan (news with additional features) 2022-01-04 / 11:37 The issuer is ... ( read original story ...)
Workers pack Kanda Myojin shrine to pray for good business
Company employees, many wearing suits, flocked to Kanda Myojin shrine in central Tokyo to offer traditional prayers for “good business” on Jan. 4, the first working day of the year for many people. ( read original story ...)
Japan starts year’s 1st day of work amid Omicron fears
Japan's central and local governments as well as many companies started the year's first day of work Tuesday amid growing fear over the Omicron variant of coronavirus. The highly transmissible Omicron ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida lays out new contigency plan against Omicron risk
Japan will gear up efforts to deal with a possible surge in Omicron coronavirus cases and aim to deliver oral treatment using Pfizer Inc's drugs nationwide next month, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ... ( read original story ...)
Murder mystery games a hit in China but Japan missing the fun
In the quiet suburban streets of Kami-Ikebukuro in Tokyo stands a three-story house that looks no different from the rest. Inside, ho ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese company launches ice pops using persimmons headed for the garbage heap
A travel agency in this southwest Japan city has launched ice pops using local persimmons that would otherwise have landed in the g ... ( read original story ...)
What I learned working for a Japanese company by Peter Hanami
Japan was the second-largest economy in Asia with an annual gross domestic product of US $4.15 trillion dollars, a population of 126 million people, and a GDP per head of US $32,700 in 2004. ( read original story ...)
Aoyama Gakuin in lead after first day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden
Aoyama Gakuin University took the lead in the third of Sunday’s five stages and never looked back, crossing the line first to win the outward half of the 98th Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay ... ( read original story ...)
Athletics: Aoyama Gakuin takes 1st-day Tokyo-Hakone ekiden lead
Aoyama Gakuin University took the lead in the third of Sunday's five stages and never looked back, crossing the line first to win the ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic-hit Japanese airlines expand horizons in search of profit
They are selling aircraft interior equipment and in-flight meals, and using retired plane for weddings. . Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
‘We won’t give up’: Japan entrepreneurs bet on Myanmar’s future
Despite Myanmar's uncertain future after the military seized power in February, a number of Japanese entrepreneurs have remained in the country and are going about business somewhat as usual. ( read original story ...)
How the pandemic changed Japan’s health care system
COVID-19 has overhauled work practices and exposed the divisions between the public and private sectors of the medical system. ( read original story ...)
Japanese business leaders voice resolve to tackle key growth challenges
The leaders of Japan's major business organizations on Saturday expressed their resolve to address pressing challenges facing the country to support growth in 2022, ranging from digitalization and ... ( read original story ...)