Tag: Nagoya

Now, a new urban ropeway called Yokohama Air Cabin is drawing visitors to the area, and when it opened on 22 April, our reporter Ninoude Punico was there to check it out. ▼ Entry to the Air Cabin is ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic athletes will be given daily tests for the coronavirus during their time in Tokyo for the delayed 2020 Games, organizers said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

By Rocky Swift and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -Olympic athletes will be given daily tests for the coronavirus during their time in Tokyo for the delayed 2020 Games, organisers said on Wednesday, ... ( read original story ...)

Athletes taking part in the Tokyo Olympics must wear face masks at all times except when eating, drinking, sleeping, training or competing, according to an updated version of the 'playbook' of rules ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Olympics organisers Wednesday said they won't decide how many spectators -- if any -- can attend the Games until June, as coronavirus surges raise fresh uncertainty. ( read original story ...)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) head Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Games, postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, have remained flexible in the ... ( read original story ...)

China accused Japanese officials of "playing deaf and dumb" over its plan to release radioactive water into the Pacific from its damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant for the next two years, according ... ( read original story ...)

China renewed its criticism on Wednesday of Japan's decision to release treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao ... ( read original story ...)

The magnetically levitated train project to link Tokyo and Nagoya will cost an additional 1.5 trillion yen ($13.8 billion) due to technological challenges and extra anti-quake measures, Central Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefecture set another record high for daily coronavirus infections on April 28, reporting 1,260 new cases. ( read original story ...)

Another six people with the U.S. military in Japan and South Korea have contracted the coronavirus since April 22, according to reports. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese officials are asking the people to stay home during a string of “golden week” holidays beginning Thursday in a nationwide effort to curb the rapid resurgence of coronavirus cases less ... ( read original story ...)

Thomas Bach, head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said on Wednesday he fully understood the decision to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo to fight the coronavirus pandemic, and was ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has only used about a fifth of the COVID-19 vaccine doses it has imported so far, government data showed on Wednesday, underscoring logistical hurdles such as a shortage of medical staff, as it ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd (YRC) is selling its Hamatite sealing and adhesive materials business to Swiss-based chemicals specialist Sika Group, it was announced 28 April. The transaction is ... ( read original story ...)

As many as 2,356 Osaka prefectural and municipal government workers were found to have eaten out in "groups of five or more" or "after 9 p.m." on 558 occasions since March 1, even though the ... ( read original story ...)