Japan’s pivot away from plastic stymied by COVID

Japan, long a bastion of plastic use, had just begun contributing to the global movement to shift away from the ubiquitous material. National output of plastic last year declined 4% to 5.5 million ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo reports 84 new cases of coronavirus

The Tokyo Metropolitan government says it confirmed 84 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Sunday. That's up 41 from a week ago, and the 16th straight day of increase from a week earlier. ( read original story ...)

Study finds SARS-CoV-2 evades our immune system

A new study has identified a key mechanism used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to evade host immune systems. The research is published in the 'Nature Communications Journal'. Researchers in Japan and the ... ( read original story ...)