We’re not trying to be overly celebratory or pretend that we’re not living in a world that is in the midst of great difficulty. We are and it is,” says Savannah Guthrie, of balancing ... ( read original story ...)
IMF cuts Japan’s growth forecast to 2.8% in 2021 as pandemic weighs
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday forecast that Japan's economy will grow 2.8 percent in 2021 from a year before, down ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo sees record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases as the 2020 Olympics are being held
The Japanese capital saw 2,848 new coronavirus cases, topping its earlier record of 2,520 daily cases set on Jan. 7, the Associated Press reported. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo businesses struggle during Olympics
Small businesses in Tokyo have been badly hit by not only the pandemic, but the decision to ban fans from abroad for the Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo hits record COVID-19 cases with Olympics underway
Tokyo's Metropolitan Government reported at least 2,848 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, the Japanese city's highest case count since the pandemic began, Reuters writes.The big picture: Rising ... ( read original story ...)
Curfew: It is business as usual in Tokyo –Notebook day 4
When I heard that there was a state emergency in Tokyo, I knew that there must be very strict rules of people especially been out at night. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports record coronavirus infections days after Olympics begin
Japan's capital, Tokyo, reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, days after the Olympics began ... ( read original story ...)
I announce gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics. It’s a lot of pressure.
Kris Temple is the English-language announcer at the Tokyo Olympics' marathon and race-walking events, as well as at the Paralympics' athletics. ( read original story ...)
Verisk’s AIR Worldwide Enhances Extreme Event Models for Japan With Release of Updated Earthquake and Typhoon Models
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has announced the release of significantly updated AIR Earthquake and Typhoon Models for Japan. The past several years has reaffirmed the vulnerability of ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Disbelief, support in Japan after Naomi Osaka’s elimination
Some Japanese said it broke their hearts to imagine how much Osaka had wanted to win the gold for her country. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports high of 2,848 new COVID-19 cases, exceeding its record from January as Olympics are underway
They travel to the forgotten around the capital’s outlying neighborhoods, taking care of desperate people who can’t find a place in Thailand’s overburdened health care system or who are living in the ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka of Japan has been eliminated from the Olympic tennis tournament at the Tokyo Games
More than three months after winning an election which sparked a constitutional crisis, Samoa’s first female prime minister was finally able to take office on Tuesday Democrats are launching their ... ( read original story ...)
Sole Japanese referee for Tokyo Olympic judo sees similarities with her fireworks business
As judoka from around the world compete heatedly in the Tokyo Olympics, a woman from downtown Tokyo is serving as the sole Japanese referee f ... ( read original story ...)
NET ZERO Leaders Summit (Japan Business Conference 2021) – Online Event From Wednesday, July 28 : Latest Information
Press Release Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) are pleased to announce the jointly organized "NET ZERO Leaders Summit (Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Former Olympic swimmer brands Japanese media sexist
Many of the channels look at female athletes as ‘female’ or ‘girls’ or ‘wives’ or ‘mothers’ and not really as pure athletes,” Naoko Imoto said. ( read original story ...)
Japan starts accepting applications for ‘vaccine passports’
Japan began accepting applications Monday for so-called vaccine passports for people who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 to travel internationally, as Japanese business lobbies have called ... ( read original story ...)