Tag - covid-19

 
 

COVID 19

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2020
Host and hostess bars in Japan scramble to adjust to COVID-19 reality
The industry faces an intensifying public backlash after reports emerged that a recent spike in cases stemmed largely from nighttime entertainment districts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2020
Tokyo confirms 16 new coronavirus cases, falling below 20 for first time in a week
The last time daily new infection cases fell under 20 was June 10, when 18 cases were reported.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2020
Tokyo gubernatorial candidates face off in first joint news conference
With candidates taking every chance they could to target incumbent Gov. Yuriko Koike, the initial debate may foreshadow how the election campaigns will proceed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2020
Asian business sentiment fell to 11-year low amid pandemic, survey shows
The Asian Business Sentiment Index captured a negative outlook for only the second time since the survey began in the second quarter of 2009.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2020
Oracle expects flat sales on fewer corporate software deals
Oracle's software for managing data, corporate finances, employees and customers require elaborate and often expensive installations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2020
AT&T is cutting thousands of jobs and it’s just the beginning
With more than $160 billion in debt, AT&T has one of the largest debt loads of any nonfinancial company.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2020
We have the technology to stop a second wave
Scientists have devised cheap methods of tracking COVID-19, now we need a plan to deploy them.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 16, 2020
Abe confronts his sinking popularity as coronavirus-dominated Diet session wraps up
Failure to shore up his support could hamper the prime minister's ability to call a snap Lower House election and advance his dream of constitutional amendment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 16, 2020
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father dies due to coronavirus
Father of Somalia-born U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar died on Monday night of complications from the novel coronavirus, local media reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 16, 2020
Carrie Lam says opponents of security law are 'enemy of the people'
Law to curtail 'troublemakers,' not freedoms according to Carrie Lam
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 16, 2020
Japan to end longest IPO drought since 2009 with three listings
Locoguide Inc., Ficha Inc. and Copa Corp. are expected to list on the bourse's Mothers market on June 24.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 16, 2020
U.S. airlines threaten to ban passengers who refuse to wear masks
U.S. airline passengers who refuse to wear face coverings during the novel coronavirus pandemic could have their flying privileges revoked under tougher enforcement policies, the industry's main lobby group said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2020
Japanese least satisfied with aid to firms amid pandemic, survey finds
The Japanese public was least satisfied with government support to businesses amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in a six-nation survey by German-U.S. communications consultancy Kekst CNC, it was learned Monday.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jun 15, 2020
Rugby World Cup star Kenki Fukuoka gives up Olympic aspirations for career in medicine
Brave Blossoms star has decided to focus his attention on club rugby while also trying to get into medical school.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 15, 2020
COVID-19 patients with no symptoms likely to stay that way, Japan researchers say
The findings showed that only 11 people out of 90 without symptoms on the Diamond Princess cruise ship would go on to develop them later.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami