What’s keeping, Kumho, PPG Industries Inc, Continental, Alliance, Sumitomo, Hankook, Bridgestone, Dunlopillo, Pirelli Tyre SpA, HangZhou ZhongCe Rubber, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Michelin North America ... ( read original story ...)
IOC says Tokyo Olympics will go ahead even if under state of emergency
The IOC vice-president in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics said Friday the Games would open even if the city and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of rising COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
With the Olympics just two months away, ‘Osaka’s medical systems have collapsed’
As she struggled to breathe, Shizue Akita had to wait more than six hours while paramedics searched for a hospital in Osaka that would treat her ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Approves Moderna, AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccines
The vaccine rollout in Japan has been slow and the country is battling a COVID-19 surge just two months before the summer Olympics is scheduled to begin in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Japan may not be able to cancel Olympics, even if it wants to
As Japan suffers a fourth wave of COVID-19, domestic opposition to the summer Olympic and Paralympic games is mounting. ( read original story ...)
Japan Holds Off on Distributing AstraZeneca Vaccine
TOKYO—Japan on Friday said it wouldn’t use the Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca PLC in the general public for now because of a possible link to blood clots, another blow to the U.K. drug maker. Japan ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan urges two-state solution in Middle East
Countries including Japan and Turkey are the latest to hail a cease-fire in the Middle East while calling for new efforts to seek a two-state solutionb between Israel and the Palestinians ... ( read original story ...)
Validation of the relationship between coagulopathy and localization of hydroxyethyl starch on the vascular endothelium in a rat hemodilution model
Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) is believed to have a greater inhibitory effect on blood coagulation than physiological saline (PS) 1. It has been reported that in vivo hemodilution with HES resulted in ... ( read original story ...)
French President Macron to Attend Tokyo Olympics – Minister
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, France's sports minister said on Friday. Macron would be the first Group of Seven nations leader ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bullet train driver leaves cockpit for toilet break
A Japanese train driver faces possible punishment after he left the cockpit of a speeding bullet train for several minutes to go to the toilet. He had asked a conductor, who did not have a driver's ... ( read original story ...)
Tires drive Yokohama’s record sales, earnings
The Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) has reported record results for the first three months of the year, helped by a strong recovery in China. Operating profit saw a sharp increase from Yen1.2 billion (€9 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo residents torn two months before Olympics
There's just two months to go before the Olympic Games are due to kick off in Japan.Soon the world's athletes will be descending on Tokyo, but residents there remain divided about whether they should ... ( read original story ...)
Japan reporter freed from Myanmar says inmates were abused
A Japanese journalist who was freed from a Myanmar prison said Friday that military and police interrogators repeatedly asked him about his friends, clients and made-up allegations ... ( read original story ...)
Japan approves 2 new vaccines ahead of emergency expansion
Japan has approved the use of two new vaccines _ Moderna and AstraZeneca _ hours ahead of an expansion of a state of coronavirus emergency that will cover roughly 40% of the population ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bullet train driver leaves cockpit for loo break
A Japanese train driver faces possible punishment after he left the cockpit of a speeding bullet train for several minutes to go to the toilet. He had asked a conductor, who did not have a driver's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bullet train driver disciplined for leaving controls to go to toilet
A driver on one of Japan’s shinkansen bullet trains is facing disciplinary measures after he abandoned his cab to go to the toilet while the train was carrying passengers and travelling at 150km/h. ( read original story ...)