Tag: sapporo

Employees at a long-established restaurant serving sukiyaki, a popular Japanese hot pot dish, are currently producing masks and distributing ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan Motor Co on Tuesday said that it would temporarily shut down operations at its global and other facilities in Japan through early May to cont ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese medics are warning more must be done to prevent the coronavirus from overwhelming the country's healthcare system, as confirmed cases passed 10,000 despite a nationwide state of emergency. ( read original story ...)

The company’s Yatomi works near Nagoya, Japan ordinarily supplies the 787’s forward fuselage section, main landing gear well and the fixed trailing edge of the wing. “This decision was taken in light ... ( read original story ...)

To be honest with you, I don’t think the Olympics is likely to be held next year,” Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious disease at Kobe University, said Monday. ( read original story ...)

Shinzo Abe is treating the coronavirus outbreak as more of economic or public relations challenge than an epidemiological one. ( read original story ...)

The cake is being released by the Sheraton Miyako Hotel in Osaka to coincide with the Children’s Day holiday (May 5) in Japan. The helmets worn by samurai in feudal Japan are called kabuto (兜) in ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is "very pessimistic" the postponed Tokyo Olympics can open in 15 months. "To be honest with you, I don't think the Olympics is likely to be held ... ( read original story ...)

Wales won both matches when they toured Japan in the summer of 2013 Japan coach Jamie Joseph says the Test against Wales on 27 June is unlikely to go ahead as scheduled because of the Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will boost the size of its coronavirus spending package by ¥8.9tn ($83bn) as it revealed the hefty cost of a measure to give ¥100,000 to everybody in the country. The disclosure came as Shinzo ... ( read original story ...)

Projected pedestrian traffic in areas surrounding key rail and tourist hubs Nagoya, Kyoto and Sapporo stations was down by 30 to 40 percent on April 18 compared with one week ago, ... ( read original story ...)

Manga, music and even video games: calls from Tokyo's governor for residents to practise social distancing to stem the spread of coronavirus have inspired a slew of viral online tributes. On Twitter, ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese virus expert says he is "pessimistic" that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead as planned next year. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is “very pessimistic” the postponed Tokyo Olympics can open in 15 months. “To be honest with you, I don’t think the ... ( read original story ...)

Employees and parents are voicing anger and frustration over white-mask-only rules at some Japanese workplaces and schools, implemented despi ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is “very pessimistic” the Tokyo Olympics can be held next year ... ( read original story ...)