More people visited urban areas Saturday in five prefectures including Tokyo than a week before, as the areas entered the first weekend since the nationwide coronavirus emergency was completely lifted, data has suggested. The number of people in Tokyo's posh Ginza district at 3 p.m. ...
The city of Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture plans to set an ordinance intended to prevent smartphone use while walking. Through the ordinance, the city aims to alert people to the danger of using smartphones while walking, which involves the risk of collisions with other pedestrians ...
A year after stabbing spree, Kawasaki school remembers victims
A student and the father of another student were killed in the attack that also injured 18 others.
Japan to completely lift state of emergency as virus cases tail off
At a coronavirus task force meeting, the government will decide to ease measures for Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Hokkaido.
On duty at Japan's 'last-chance' hospital for coronavirus
In the midst of a global pandemic, St. Marianna University Hospital has become synonymous with the virus.
Loss, stigma, guilt: Life after recovering from COVID-19 in Japan
The experiences of those infected in Japan subverts the hopeful assumption that normal life will resume simply because one has recovered.
Kanagawa announces virus alert criteria for when emergency ends
The prefecture confirmed 18 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the first in double digits in four days, while Tokyo reported five.
First business suspension 'orders' issued to Hyogo, Kanagawa pachinko parlors
The defiant Japanese game establishments refuse to close and won't face any legal penalties either.
Defying virus warnings, crowds take to Japan's beaches and mountains
Some leisure spots near Tokyo have seen crowds of visitors recently despite government instructions to stay home amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, prompting local residents and municipalities to voice concerns about further potential spread of the virus. Although it was a weekday, a beach near ...
Ricoh starts face shield production in Japan for virus front lines
Office equipment manufacturer Ricoh Co. said Monday it has started making face shields for medical personnel dealing with the coronavirus. Ricoh plans to manufacture 1,000 shields this month and 7,000 in May, supplying them free of charge to Japan's medical institutions that have been designated ...
Kanagawa city first in Japan to issue ordinance urging use of masks
The city assembly of Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, approved an ordinance Thursday urging residents to wear face masks to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus, a first for the country. The nonbinding ordinance is similar to a measure adopted in San Francisco in the United ...
Tokyo's bumper virus emergency fund highlights yawning wealth gap
The Tokyo package offers ¥500,000 to ¥1 million in cash for small businesses that voluntarily comply with virus countermeasures and curtail or suspend their operations.
