Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 21,122 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, an increase of 3,689 from a week before. The Japanese capital had 41 COVID-19 patients ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo logs second highest daily tally with over 21,000 new COVID-19 cases
According to the metropolitan government, the occupancy rate for hospital beds for COVID-19 patients rose 1 percentage point from Friday to reach 55.1%. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Knife Attack Suspect Served New Arrest Warrant
Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese police served a 17-year-old boy with a fresh arrest warrant Saturday in connection with a knife attack in front of a University of Tokyo campus that injured three ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Measures needed to protect medical workers after deadly standoff near Tokyo
A doctor who had dedicated himself to home medical care was recently gunned down in a hostage incident at a house in the east Japan city of Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture -- an utterly deplorable ... ( read original story ...)
Police hunt for man after Osaka supermarket robbed at knifepoint
OSAKA -- Local police are searching for a man who threatened a part-time supermarket employee at knifepoint in Osaka's Yodogawa Ward before escaping with some 740,000 yen (about $6,400 ... ( read original story ...)
When Being the Best Isn’t Good Enough Naomi Osaka: The Athletes Aren’t OK
Read for deep dives into the unmissable ideas and topics shaping our world. Feb 04, 2022 TODAY Last May, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka rocked the sports world by announcing she was pulling ... ( read original story ...)
Ghostwire: Tokyo preview – Tango Gameworks’ next-gen thriller has our attention
Yesterday, Bethesda and Tango Gameworks revealed a March 25th release date for Ghostwire: Tokyo while also showing off some gameplay from the upcoming title. In the lead-up to this announcement, I was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan considering introducing new COVID-19 guidelines
The news comes at a time when the highly contagious Omicron strain is gaining momentum in Japan. On Thursday, the country for the first time chalked up more than 100,000 daily infections. ( read original story ...)
Underwater ‘breathing’ plants could be key to stress-resistant crops
Researchers Takaki Yamauchi and Mikio Nakazono from Nagoya University, Japan, have surveyed literature on the topic to get a concrete overview of the various factors involved in aerenchyma formation. ... ( read original story ...)
Athletes at Winter Olympics 2022 praise new adjustable beds over carboard beds used in Tokyo
Team USA and spectators of the Beijing Winter Games seem to be pleased with the beds that have been prepared for the athletes at the Olympic Village dorms. Unlike the cardboard bed frames and plastic ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: How many billions did the last Summer Olympics cost?
Tokyo 2020 was one of the few members of the Summer Olympics' editions that were rescheduled (along with Berlin 1916, Tokyo/Helsinki 1940, and London 1944) but this time the main reason was a powerful ... ( read original story ...)
‘Snow Miku’ sculpted for online Sapporo Snow Festival
Organizers of the Sapporo Snow Festival have unveiled a giant snow sculpture of a virtual idol, made for the event that will open online on Saturday. The popular annual winter event in the ... ( read original story ...)
Dame Flora Duffy bracing for another busy season on the international stage
She has set her sights on making a first appearance of the year at the World Triathlon Championship Series season-opener in Yokohama, Japan, in May. “It’s looking like it will be in May, the first ... ( read original story ...)
‘Sacred’ moss covering stone statues removed at Osaka temple
OSAKA--Moss that has long covered the faces of two stone statues at Hozenji temple here and that has been cherished and nurtured by visitors was removed by a man who admitted to the action, sources ... ( read original story ...)
Virus cases fall slightly in Tokyo, Osaka; records set elsewhere
Tokyo confirmed 19,798 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 4, while the figure for Osaka Prefecture exceeded 10,000 for the fourth consecutive day at 10,640. While the daily figure fell slightly from the ... ( read original story ...)
Over 100 rights activists stage protest outside Chinese embassy in Tokyo
More than 100 human rights activists representing Japanese society held a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in Tokyo on Friday morning. The protesters were joined by representatives from ... ( read original story ...)