Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City has started offering Metaverse ‘Virtual Osaka,' creating ‘New Cities’ virtually redesigned shopping streets and tourist spots in Osaka City, to appeal Osaka toward EXPO ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo gold medalists Yuto Horigome, Sakura Yosozumi in for 1st X Games in Japan
Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning skateboarders Yuto Horigome and Sakura Yosozumi were named Monday among the 111 athletes taking par ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota’s Japan production halted over suspected cyberattack
Toyota says it is suspending production at all 28 lines of its 14 plants in Japan because of a “system malfunction” that a domestic supplier suspects is a cyberattack ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota to Halt Japan Plants After Parts Supplier’s System Outage
Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend output at all of its Japan factories on Tuesday following disruptions to a supplier’s systems, marking another setback for the world’s top auto producer. ( read original story ...)
Toyota’s Japan production halted over supplier ‘malfunction’
Toyota is suspending production at all 28 lines of its 14 plants in Japan starting Tuesday, because of a “system malfunction” at a domestic supplier, the automaker said Monday. Public broadcaster NHK ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota halts Japan plants after reported cyber attack
Japanese automaker Toyota said Monday it was halting operations at all its domestic plants for a day after a reported cyberattack on a parts supplier. ( read original story ...)
Japan to impose sanctions on Russia’s central bank
Japan intends to join international sanctions against the Central Bank of the Russian Federation by restricting transactions. — Ukrinform. ( read original story ...)
Japan joins sanctions on Russian central bank, PM Kishida says after talking with Zelenskiy
Japan is to join the international sanction on Russian central bank by limiting transactions, prime minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday after speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota to Shut Down all Japan Plants Tuesday
The auto maker said it wasn’t clear how long the factories would remain closed after one of its suppliers had an issue with its computer system. ( read original story ...)
Osaka seeking extension of pre-emergency measures
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said on Feb. 28 he is seeking to extend COVID-19 pre-emergency measures for his prefecture beyond the March 6 deadline, citing high hospital bed occupancy rates. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Diet Resolution on the Uighur
At the start of this month, the day of the Lunar New Year in China, Japan’s Lower House adopted the Resolution Regarding the Serious Human Rights Situation in Xinjiang Uighur and Other Areas, proposed ... ( read original story ...)
New COVID-19 case numbers edge up in Tokyo amid overall decline across Japan
The coronavirus mounted a comeback Monday in Japan’s capital city, accounting for more than 800 new cases than it did one week prior, according to metropolitan government data and public broadcaster ... ( read original story ...)
Office romances blossom in Japan as taboo on dating colleagues wanes amid pandemic
Long seen by Japanese employers as a source of distraction and awkwardness, relationships between colleagues have become more accepted since the global health crisis. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo cases jump by over 800 week-on-week as capital reports 9,632 new infections
Until Sunday, daily cases in the capital fell week on week for eight consecutive days, but the pace of decline has slowed recently. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 9,632 coronavirus infections on Feb. 28
Japan's capital reported 9,632 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 28, after recording 10,321 the day before, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announ ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM says Tokyo will joint sanctions against several Russian banks – media
Japan will join Western countries in disconnecting a number of Russian banks from the SWIFT system, The Japan Times reported on Sunday, citing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. ( read original story ...)