The local government of this northern Japan city announced on June 9 that 27, or about 14%, of 193 people who had tested positive for the n ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho says virus-related loan requests have reached $155 billion
Mizuho Financial Group Inc has seen coronavirus-related loan requests reach 17 trillion yen ($155 billion) since the outbreak, and is bracing for further demand from companies battling to ... ( read original story ...)
‘Ridiculous’: China, scientists dismiss Harvard study suggesting Covid-19 was spreading in Wuhan in August
Beijing dismissed as “ridiculous” a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and ... ( read original story ...)
TUV Rheinland issue first EU MDR certificate for Terumo Corporation
TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd. announced that on May 29, 2020 TUV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH issued TUV Rheinland's first MDR certificates under EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745, for medical devices ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka in no mood to back down on support for Black Lives Matter
Naomi Osaka, the world's highest paid sportswoman, says the voices of prominent athletes can be more influential than those of politicians and is determined that hers will be heard on the subject of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan MPs Pass Record Coronavirus Budget
Japan's powerful lower house of parliament approved an emergency budget worth nearly $300 billion Wednesday, doubling the scale of measures to pep up the world's third-biggest economy after the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Wants to Take Lead for G7 Statement on Hong Kong: Abe
"Obviously, we acknowledge the G7 has a mission to lead the global public opinion and Japan wants to take a lead in issuing a statement based on 'one nation, two systems' in Hong Kong," Abe told ... ( read original story ...)
America Surrendered The Philippines To Japan, But It Never Forgot Its Duty
But unless the U.S. Navy could instantly resurrect the sunken battleships at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines were doomed. Backed by heavy air support, the Japanese eventually broke through the lines of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s machinery orders, wholesale prices sink as pandemic hits business spending
Japan's machinery orders slumped in April at their quickest pace in nearly two years, as a drop in demand and company profits caused by the coronavirus pandemic paralysed businesses spending. Separate ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Grampus’ Kanazaki tests positive for coronavirus | Charlotte Observer
Nagoya Grampus forward Mu Kanazaki has tested positive for. Japan’s Kyodo news agency first reported the findings and cited Japan’s soccer J-League. The J-League announced last week that the season ... ( read original story ...)
Japan April real wages fall at quickest pace since December
Japan's April inflation-adjusted real wages fell at their fastest pace since December, government data showed on Tuesday, fanning fears about the outlook for consumer sentiment after the economy took ... ( read original story ...)
UK, Japan Begin Historic Trade Negotiations In A Post-Brexit Landscape
U.K. hopes to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Japan is the third largest investor in the U.K. The U.K. and Japan, two of the largest economies in the ... ( read original story ...)
S&P revises Japan’s outlook to stable
S&P Global Ratings said it has revised Japan's outlook to stable on increased uncertainty around debt stabilization. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s NHK Removes Video About U.S. Protests After Online Outrage
Japanese public broadcaster NHK apologised and deleted from its Twitter account on Tuesday an animated video aimed at explaining the background behind U.S. protests for police reform but which sparked ... ( read original story ...)
Mid-year Report: Yokohama bracing for whatever 2020 has to bring
A second wave of COVID-19—along with additional manufacturing shutdowns—could impact the industry in the second half, according to Stan Chandgie, vice president of consumer sales at Yokohama Corp. of ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama to restart Va. tire plant June 1
SALEM, Va. — Yokohama Corp. of North America is planning to restart production June 1 at its passenger/light truck tire plant in Salem, ending eight weeks of being idled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)