Tag: Nagoya

A potential state of emergency that could be imposed on Tokyo is unrelated to Olympic Games preparations and is part of the government's plan to curb infections during Japan's holiday week, the ... ( read original story ...)

Taking a knee during the Tokyo Olympics or lifting a fist in support of racial equality will be punished as the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday maintained its ban on athletes' protests ... ( read original story ...)

Canada will open the Tokyo Olympic women's soccer tournament against host Japan on July 21 at the Sapporo Dome. The eighth-ranked Canadian women, bronze medallists at the last two Olympics, were drawn ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Tire has partnered with Tangerine Promotions on a new, consumer e-store filled with fresh Yokohama-branded gear. The e-store, located at is now open for business. Products on the new site ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese residents with tickets to the Tokyo Olympics may not know until weeks before the games open if they'll be allowed to attend. Fans from abroad have already been barred, and on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)

A South Korean court on Wednesday rejected a claim by victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery and their relatives who sought compensation from Japan's government. ( read original story ...)

The decision contradicted an earlier court ruling in South Korea that said the Japanese government must compensate so-called comfort women. ( read original story ...)

That Tokyo’s record on climate change has been so dismal might surprise observers who associate Japan with technological innovation. But almost a third of the country’s electricity derives from ... ( read original story ...)

A Seoul court ruled that the Japanese government can’t be forced to provide fiscal compensation to South Korean women coerced into sexual slavery for Tokyo’s military during World War II, adding fresh ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya University researchers and colleagues in Japan have uncovered a molecular pathway that enhances chemotherapy resistance in some pancreatic cancer patients. Targeting an RNA to interrupt its ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers have been able to obtain aziridine-oxazolone compounds in high yields (99%) as well as high enantioselectivity or purity (98%) using a new catalyst. ( read original story ...)

A relatively quiet Wednesday passed for U.S. military commands in Japan and South Korea, which reported just a few fresh coronavirus cases as of 6 p.m. All three new patients tested positive for COVID ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo and Osaka will ask the Japanese government to declare a state of emergency, looking to ramp up restrictions to contain a surge in coronavirus cases just three months before the start of the ... ( read original story ...)

The latest ruling follows one made in January which ordered Japan to compensate 12 women who were forced to work in wartime brothels each with 100 million won ($91,300). ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday donated a religious offering to a Tokyo shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression, though he avoided a visit. Suga’s ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japan's government is considering a state of emergency for Tokyo and Osaka as new COVID-19 case numbers surge, broadcaster NHK reported on ... ( read original story ...)