Hokkaido Prefecture upped its alert level for the novel coronavirus for the first time on Oct. 28 as new cases surged on Japan's northernmost main island, a popular tourist destination. The alert ... ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido: Man, 29, arrested over fatal assault of woman in Sapporo
Hokkaido police arrested a 29-year-old man over the alleged fatal assault of a female acquaintance at his residence in Sapporo on Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda Expands COVID-19 Vaccine Supply in Japan Through Partnership with Moderna and Government of Japan
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK), announced today that it will import and distribute 50 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, starting in the first ... ( read original story ...)
Marise Payne declines to welcome adoption of net zero emissions target by Japan and South Korea
The foreign minister Marise Payne says Australia “acknowledges” decisions by Japan and South Korea to adopt net zero targets for 2050, but she has declined to welcome that development, despite ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Shionogi readies COVID-19 vaccine for December trial: CEO
Shionogi & Co is planning clinical trials by year-end for what may be one of Japan's first domestically produced COVID-19 vaccines to reach the market, as the globe races to secure enough doses to ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese tourists who test negative for COVID-19 will be able to bypass Hawaii quarantine
Hawaii will begin allowing visitors from Japan to bypass the state’s 14-day quarantine requirement if they test negative for COVID-19. ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido Raises Coronavirus Alert
Sapporo, Oct. 28 (Jiji Press)--The government of Hokkaido raised on Wednesday the novel coronavirus alert from Stage 1, the lowest level under its five-tier COVID-19 warning system, to Stage 2, ... ( read original story ...)
From relentless to clueless: the story behind England’s collapse in Japan
It is almost a year ago now, and still we are trying to make sense of it. On the last Saturday of October England defeated the All Blacks, the reigning back-to-back world champions, with what many ... ( read original story ...)
Lower House plenary session in Tokyo
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga listens to a question during a Lower House's plenary session at the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Says Plan to Release Fukushima Water Coming Soon
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says his government is working on the final details of a plan to release massive amounts of radioactive water being stored at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics to feature six-strong refugee team
The International Paralympic Committee will send up to six athletes to Tokyo 2020 as part of a Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT). ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy asks other companies to take on idle workers: sources
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) said it has asked several other companies to temporarily employ idle workers from its factories in central Japan in a bid to cut costs and weather a downturn from ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo festival opens with grueling boxing ‘Underdog’ film
Masaharu Take’s films have always focused on painful stories about Japan's “under-class,” people who are often overlooked in a nation stereotyped as monolithically ... ( read original story ...)
Exxon, Japan’s JERA to build LNG-to-power project in Vietnam
Exxon Mobil Corp and Japan's biggest power generator, JERA, have agreed to build a power station and import facilities for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel it in the Vietnamese city of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan not eyeing new reactors to help reach 2050 carbon-neutral goal
Japan is not considering building new nuclear power plants to help it become carbon-free by 2050, the government's top spokesman said on Wednesday. For the world's fifth-biggest emitter, reining in ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea follows Japan and China in carbon neutral pledge
South Korea has become the third big Asian economy to pledge carbon neutrality, marking a big victory for environmentalists after intensifying pressure on one of the world’s biggest polluters. ( read original story ...)