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South Korea reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as many sick people waited for hospital beds in Daegu, the city at the center of the worst outbreak outside China. The new cases bring South Korea's total to 5,621, with at least 32 deaths, ...
Shimadzu Corp. is aiming to develop a one-hour test for the new coronavirus to slash testing times as long as six hours by the end of the month. The new method will minimize both the time and cost required for COVID-19 screenings, according to the ...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is developing an experimental therapy for the novel coronavirus with the goal of making it available in 9 to 18 months, the nation's largest drugmaker said. "We will do all that we can to address the novel coronavirus threat," Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, ...
Entertainer Masashi Tashiro was found guilty Wednesday of using and possessing illegal stimulants last November. The Sendai District Court sentenced Tashiro to 30 months in prison, six months of which were suspended for two years with probation for rehabilitation purposes. According to the ruling, Tashiro, 63, ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met separately with top opposition leaders Wednesday, seeking nonpartisan cooperation to swiftly enact a special emergency law. The law would allow the government to dramatically expand emergency legal powers, curbing the daily activities of citizens and businesses in hope of combating ...
Some areas in Japan are struggling to secure enough public school staff to teach Japanese to children with foreign roots, amid a recent surge in the number of such students in the country, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday. The city of Yokohama, Saitama Prefecture ...
The Musashikosugi district in Kanagawa Prefecture plunged in this year's rankings of most desirable places to live in the Kanto region, a private survey showed Tuesday. Perceptions of Musashikosugi, which has many luxury high-rise condominiums, appear to have worsened after the area suffered flooding due ...
The transport ministry said Tuesday that all of the country's shinkansen trains would create spaces for wheelchair users. The ministry will conduct tests by summer and work out the details, such as the size required for such spaces. It unveiled the plan as part of a ...
The coronavirus outbreak is forcing Japan to examine some of its longest-held aspects of workplace culture in a country where spending long hours in the office is still regarded as crucial to success. Authorities have urged companies to break long-standing taboos and encourage their employees ...
The team that conducted lawmaker Anri Kawai's campaign for last year's House of Councilors election is suspected of having made illegal payments to more staff members than was previously believed, sources said Wednesday. The revelation comes after Hiroshi Tatemichi, 54, a government-paid secretary to Kawai, ...
The emergency rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve seemed to stoke rather than soothe fears over the coronavirus’ widening global economic fallout.
JAL and ANA said they will cut the number of flights at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Itami Airport in Osaka, and elsewhere from Friday to next Thursday.
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday that a decline in passenger traffic due to the spread of the novel coronavirus is projected to have pushed down its revenue from railway operations by some ¥11 billion in February. The number of passengers on its shinkansen fell ...
CEO Makoto Uchida promised to unveil a turnaround plan in May, on top of cutting more than 12,500 jobs amid decade-low profits and management turmoil caused by Carlos Ghosn’s 2018 arrest.
Japan will soon have its first female paratrooper, a 31-year-old woman who finished formal training on Wednesday and is set to join the Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Airborne Brigade. Sgt. Reina Hashiba took part in a ceremony at Camp Narashino in Chiba Prefecture along with ...
Facebook Inc. and its partners are considering re-designing the Libra cryptocurrency project so that the network accepts multiple coins, including those issued by central banks, in an effort to woo reluctant global regulators and rebuild momentum for the plan. When Facebook unveiled Libra, it said ...
The Foreign Ministry has said it may withdraw its backing for an upcoming exhibition at the United Nations unless references to the Fukushima nuclear disaster are removed, a group representing hibakusha has said. The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations is set to ...
Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and denying it access to two of them, its chief said on Tuesday. Rafael Grossi, who ...
Fiscal, not monetary measures, should be when disasters and epidemics strike.
Wet markets, which sell and slaughter live animals, should be banned worldwide.
Cellist Seigen Tokuzawa joins forces with pianist Masaki Hayashi to create new album "Drift."
The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee informed the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday of its plans to cope with conditions related to the current coronavirus outbreak during the torch relay starting from March 26. Speaking with the IOC executive board via teleconference from Tokyo to discuss ...
Whether he's on the court or on the bench, Kengo Nomoto has been a spark plug for the Akita Northern Happinets. When he hits the floor, the 201-cm forward is one of the team's most active and aggressive Japanese players. In fact, he's often matched ...
The Japan High School Baseball Federation said Wednesday it is preparing to hold the National High School Baseball Invitational tournament behind closed doors due to the spread of the new coronavirus, while also mulling possible cancellation of the tournament. The federation said it will decide ...
No games, no problem — as long as you've got a Twitter account. Following last Tuesday's decision by the J. League to suspend fixtures through March 15 — beginning with several Levain Cup games on Feb. 25, one day after the announcement — fans across ...
The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday it is confident this summer's Tokyo Games will open in July as scheduled, amid concerns over possible disruptions caused by the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said that relocating the Olympics is not an option and that ...
