Tag: Japan
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‘Japan needs to be on high alert as COVID-19 cases rise’, says economy minister
The nation’s number of COVID-19 infections has spiked in the past week, with Tokyo reporting more than 200 cases for three straight days.
July 12, 2020 -
Japan braces for more torrential rains as death toll due to floods reaches 66
The damage has spread beyond Kyushu into central Japan’s scenic mountain villages known for hot springs and hiking.
July 10, 2020 -
Tokyo COVID-19 cases surge to highest since outbreak
Tokyo's ongoing virus resurgence has seen many of those testing positive in their 20s and 30s, Tokyo metropolitan government officials said.
July 9, 2020 -
60 dead, several missing due to torrential rains in Japan; search operations continue
Across the country, about 3.6 million people were advised to evacuate, although evacuation is not mandatory and the number of people who actually took shelter was not provided.
July 8, 2020 -
Tokyo reports highest daily COVID-19 cases since emergency lifted
The death toll in Japan from the pneumonia-causing virus currently stands at a total of 985 people, according to the Ministry, with the figure including those from the cruise ship.
June 28, 2020 -
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan’s Chiba Prefecture; no tsunami alert issued
The tremor was felt with its epicentre at a latitude of 35.5 degrees north and a longitude of 141.2 degrees east, and at a depth of 30 km, the agency further added.
June 25, 2020 -
After face-off with India in Ladakh, China now cornered by Japan over disputed island chain
The Ishigaki city council in Okinawa prefecture approved a bill that strengthened Japan's control over the uninhabited island group called Senkakus, 1,931 km southwest of Tokyo.
June 22, 2020 -
6.3-magnitude earthquake jolts Japan, no tsunami warning issued
No injuries or damages have been reported yet.
June 14, 2020 -
UK to start post-Brexit trade talks with Japan
According to British government figures, trade between the two countries totalled 31.4 billion pounds last year, with 9,500 UK-based businesses exporting goods to Japan.
June 9, 2020 -
Woman running shelter home for Korean comfort women found dead
The 60-year-old woman was believed to have taken her own life, police said.
June 7, 2020 -
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike announces to ease more COVID-19 restrictions from June 1
However, places like karaoke bars and "hostess bars", considered most prone to infections, will continue to be closed for an indefinite duration.
May 29, 2020 -
Suspect arrested over deadly arson attack at Japanese animation studio: Report
He is also accused of attempted murder over the injuries of 34 people, and possessing knives on the street without legitimate reasons, in violation of Japan's strict laws on weapons.
May 27, 2020 -
‘Need to be vigilant’: Japan PM Shinzo Abe lifts Coronavirus emergency
The Prime Minister also warned that people would have to adapt to a "new normal" and continue to avoid the "three Cs" -- closed spaces, crowded places and close contact.
May 26, 2020 -
Abe Combats Covid~II
What has the Abe administration been doing to address this situation? The government is working on ways to inject capital into the pandemic-hit firms, both large and midsize companies struggling as the health crisis threatens to inflict even deeper pain on its ailing economy. So far, the government's crisis response had focused on loans and subsidies to small firms. Under the new scheme of capital infusion, state-affiliated lenders will invest in ailing companies by offering subordinated loans or accepting preferred shares. All these efforts made by Abe shall take time to show results.
May 23, 2020 -
China raises defence budget by 6.6 per cent amid COVID-19 crisis
The announcement comes amid an increase in China's tensions with the US in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and its territorial disputes with neighbouring countries, including India, Japan, and Vietnam.
May 22, 2020 -
Abe Combats Covid~I
Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, found that his well-intentioned, much-derided emergency care package of face masks for every household to mitigate the effects of the pandemic was in tatters after tens of thousands of defective items sent to expectant mothers were returned by local governments. What was initially intended as a thoughtful gesture, and which cynics dubbed Abenomask as a ploy to improve the Abe administration's approval ratings, left the government with an additional 800 million yen ($7.46 million) bill to inspect all the returned items on top of the 46.6 billion yen it earmarked for the project.
May 22, 2020 -
5.3-magnitude quake strikes off Fukushima in Japan, no tsunami warning issued
There have been no immediate reports of major damage or injuries as a result of the quake.
May 19, 2020