The number of new coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo came to 17,433 on Saturday, up by 6,206 from a week earlier, the Japanese capital's metropolitan government said. You are now viewing Nippon.com, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s hospital bed occupancy rate hits 48% as capital logs 17,433 new cases
Tokyo confirmed 17,433 COVID-19 cases and three deaths Saturday as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues to wreak havoc across the country. Th ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 17,433 coronavirus infections on Jan. 29
Japan's capital recorded 17,433 new COVID-19 cases on Jan. 29, the metropolitan government announced, after reporting a record 17,631 infecti ... ( read original story ...)
Hostage who died in standoff near Tokyo was beloved doctor, community ‘hero’
A man who died during a hostage standoff at a home in the city of Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, was a beloved doctor whose loss has be・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Life-size Gundam statue’s stay in Yokohama extended to March 2023 amid fan demand
A life-size, moving Gundam statue will stay in the city of Yokohama for an extra year following "enthusiastic requests" from fans the world over, operator Evolving G Corp. announced Jan. 28. Now, fans ... ( read original story ...)
Mao’s Favored ‘Red Flag’ Car Seeks a New Audience in Japan
China FAW Group Co., the carmaker whose luxury Hongqi model was used to transport Chairman Mao Zedong, is betting on a new audience in Japan, opening its first showroom in the country as it seeks to ... ( read original story ...)
Studio Ghibli theme park to open this November in Japan, presumably just to taunt us
Today, in news designed to make you Google things like “flight times to Nagoya Japan,” “COVID-19 infection rates,” and “Does hugging Totoro reduce COVID-19 infection rates”: Studio Ghibli has ... ( read original story ...)
UAE – JETRO Osaka (Japan External Trade Organization): Making an Innovation Movement From Osaka
In this region, particularly on the Osaka Gulf Coast, there is a cluster of companies and research institutes related to the environmental and new energy industries. Also, throughout Osaka City, ... ( read original story ...)
Plush Beijing Olympics beds put Tokyo’s cardboard mattresses to shame
US luge athlete Summer Britcher undoubtedly made summer 2020 Olympians — who infamously slept on cardboard in Tokyo — jealous after revealing that the beds at the 2022 Winter Olympics are ... ( read original story ...)
Hostage dead after 11-hour standoff in Tokyo
One hostage has died while another remained unconscious in the hospital after Japanese police arrested a man in a standoff near Tokyo on Friday morning. A 66-year-old man attacked three medical ... ( read original story ...)
Officials block Naomi Osaka from wearing TAG Heuer Connected on court
Having her wear a Connected smartwatch on court would have been a perfect promotion, TAG Heuer's CEO Frédéric Arnault suggests, but officials at the Australian Open prevented it. ( read original story ...)
The Beds at the Beijing Olympic Village Are Guaranteed to Make Tokyo Athletes Jealous
Ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, luge star Summer Britcher is giving everyone the down low about the Olympic Village in Beijing, including the high tech beds they're sleeping in at the games. ( read original story ...)
S. Korea calls in Japanese envoy to protest Tokyo’s heritage push
Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi arrives at the foreign ministry in ... ( read original story ...)
A Naomi Osaka Aquaracer, and the big watch trends for 2022
Barely is the ink dry on the Christmas thank-you letters, and we are into the first watch fair of the new year. LVMH Watch Week is a relative newcomer to the fair circuit, having had its inaugural ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Group introduces the world’s first global travel hypermarket
Osaka Group of companies has flourished in the travel industry for 28 years. This Leading Travel Management entity currently boasts six different companies under the Osaka Group banner. Five of these ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s population records smallest net increase
The net population influx into Tokyo was the smallest ever last year since the current method of record-taking began in 2014. ( read original story ...)