Latest News
-
Politics & GovernmentJapan govt adopts record ￥107 tril. budget bill for FY 22
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Friday adopted a budget bill for fiscal 2022 calling for gene...
December 24, 2021
-
General News
Harnessing digital tech for diversity
The following is excerpted from the presentation given by Natsumi Sasaki and Holly Casandra, who won...
December 24, 2021
-
General News3D avatar would aid hearing-impaired students
Judges and audience alike were fascinated by the winning idea at the 10th Annual All Japan Student E...
December 24, 2021
-
CoronavirusCommunity-acquired omicron infection confirmed in Tokyo
A doctor in Tokyo has been confirmed to be infected with the omicron variant of the novel coronaviru...
December 24, 2021
-
CoronavirusGovernors fear shortage of accommodation facilities amid surge in omicron close contacts
Local governments are scrambling to secure accommodation facilities for people who have had close co...
December 24, 2021
-
Olympics & ParalympicsChief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno: Japan will not send a government delegation to Beijing Games
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno announced Friday that Japan will not send government repres...
December 24, 2021
-
CoronavirusTokyo reports community-acquired omicron case
A case of community transmission of the omicron coronavirus variant has been confirmed in Tokyo, Gov...
December 24, 2021
-
Defense & SecurityMSDF, JCG hold joint drill simulating Chinese intrusion near Senkakus
The Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Japan Coast Guard have conducted a joint exercise to simulat...
December 24, 2021
-
Outside Contributors
COVID-19 articulates challenges for science
Almost two years have quickly passed since the novel coronavirus caught the world off guard. The wor...
December 24, 2021
-
General News32 stores on Asakusa tourist street in Tokyo told to leave
The Taito ward assembly in Tokyo decided by a majority vote Monday to sue the owners of 32 shops nea...
December 24, 2021
-
General NewsJapan’s healthy life expectancy gets longer
Japan’s healthy life expectancy — the span of time in which people can pursue their daily lives with...
December 24, 2021
-
Yomiuri Editorial
Use projections to reduce damage caused by massive future quakes
The damage caused by massive earthquakes or tsunami can occur anywhere in Japan. Each local governme...
December 24, 2021
-
Yomiuri Editorial
Wages of nurses must be raised to level appropriate for the times
It is vital to steadily improve conditions for nurses who play an important role in the medical fiel...
December 24, 2021
-
General NewsSanitation Santas
Instead of bags of gifts, about 260 Santa Clauses took to an illuminated street near Tokyo Station b...
December 24, 2021
-
CoronavirusReport: Tokyo could see 3,000 daily cases in February if omicron appears locally this month
An incidence of community-acquired infection of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the nove...
December 24, 2021