Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it has developed a proprietary system that utilizes AI to predict the values of key tire characteristics. The Company began using the system this month. Yokohama ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo records 14 new coronavirus cases on Dec. 3
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced 14 new coronavirus infections in the capital on Dec. 3, following 11 new cases the previous day. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo confirms 14 new cases of coronavirus
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 14 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Friday. The figure is down five from a week ago. ( read original story ...)
Japan To Mandate Security Camera Installation On Trains After Tokyo Knife Attack
Japanese govt is considering requiring railway operators across the country to install surveillance cameras in newly built trains, following Tokyo knife attack. ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Tokyo stocks finish higher on hopes for oral medication of COVID-19
Tokyo stocks finished higher on Friday after the U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. applied to the Japanese health ministry for permission to produce and sell its COVID-19 oral treatment drug, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan weather officials warn of more temblors after quakes jolt areas near Mt. Fuji, Osaka
Weather officials in Japan warned that more tremors could occur within a week, following a magnitude-4.8 earthquake near Mt. Fuji and a magnitude-5.4 earthquake closed to Japan's western city of Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Strong quakes jolt areas near Mt. Fuji, Osaka, no reports of damage
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck near Mt. Fuji on Friday morning, followed by a bigger one in an area not so far away from Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Records 14 New Coronavirus Cases
Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo confirmed 14 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Friday, marking a drop of five from a week before and the 22nd straight day below 30. One new death linked to ... ( read original story ...)
Is Tokyo Really Dead? 5 Burning Questions We Want Answered In The Money Heist Finale
We can’t keep calm ‘coz the Money Heist finale is almost here! In just a few hours we will be bidding farewell to our favourite gang of robbers. No wonder we have been playing Bella ciao on a loop ... ( read original story ...)
OECD urges Japan to keep fiscal, monetary support for economy
Japan must maintain its expansive fiscal policy until its economic recovery from the pandemic is on track and not dial back its ultra-loose monetary policy too soon, the Organisation for Economic ... ( read original story ...)
2021 Tokyo Tech Award for Student Leadership
Seven students received the 2021 Tokyo Tech Award for Student Leadership on October 27. Awarded annually since 2002 to 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th-year bachelor's program students with extraordinary ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end higher on hopes for COVID-19 oral treatment drug
Tokyo stocks ended higher Friday as investor sentiment improved after U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. applied to the Japanese health ministry for permission to produce and sell its coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
As global costs soar, Japan’s ‘shrinkflation’ gets harder to swallow
It was a chocolate biscuit that turned Masayuki Iwasa, a self-professed penny-pincher with a sweet tooth, into one of Japan's most scrupulous chroniclers of "shrinkflation". ( read original story ...)
COSCO mass containers collapse, loss, off Kuril islands, Pacific
Container ship COSCO NAGOYA interrupted her voyage from Busan to Long Beach after reportedly, massive containers collapse and loss. Accident took place on Nov 24 in the Pacific southeast of Iturup ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama develops own virtual-modeling AI system
Developed under Yokohama Rubber's new AI utilization concept, HAICoLab (‘humans and AI collaborate'), the system uses AI to make the predictions based on data input by tire designers, announced the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics cost less than budgeted, need for extra money unlikely
The total cost of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was at least 150 billion yen ($1.3 billion) less than expected as the games were ... ( read original story ...)