Tag: Yokohama

In 2018, the Scottish Government and the City of Yokohama shared the philosophy of “growing together” in a joint declaration on interchange and collaboration. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto promised on Friday to revive the Japanese people's passion for the Summer Olympics and "turn their concerns into excitement." Hashimoto, who took charge of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan The Silver Lining In A Greying Society. Japan is not only a country with a long life expectancy, but it is also a country with a large number of healthy elderly people, who ... ( read original story ...)

The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has begun holding weekly news conferences hoping to win over a doubting Japanese public. ( read original story ...)

The minister overseeing Japan's vaccination programme, Taro Kono, said on Friday shipments to Japan of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech will likely make a nearly fourfold jump in ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be able to survive almost anything the ocean could offer up, but the 2011 tsunami still brought utter destruction. ( read original story ...)

Born in 1903, the super-centenarian has survived cancer twice, owned and worked at her rice store until the age of 103, and says her key to longevity is to practice math to keep the mind sharp. ( read original story ...)

A total of 64 people in Osaka Prefecture in western Japan have been confirmed infected with a new coronavirus variant since January, the pref･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Family of Natsuko Okuyama ‘extremely happy’ after remains identified as those of 61-year-old woman who went missing 10 years ago ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese supercomputer simulations showed that wearing two masks gave limited benefit in blocking viral spread compared with one properly fitted mask. The findings in part contradict recent ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government will extend a state of emergency in the Tokyo region for another two weeks because its medical systems are still strained by COVID-19 patients, the minister ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government plans to extend a state of emergency to combat COVID-19 for Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures until March 21, two weeks longer than originally scheduled, Economy ... ( read original story ...)

In a garden on a hill, under the wide boughs of a cherry tree, a white phone booth glistens in the early spring light. ( read original story ...)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Japan and South Korea later this month, marking the first international trip by Biden Cabinet officials since ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's self-defense forces conducted naval drills in an area of the East China Sea after Tokyo said it would allow its coast guard to fire on vessels trying to land on Japanese territory. Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

Organizers have issued plans to prevent Covid-19 spread among athletes and officials, but have said little about the volunteers. ( read original story ...)