The medical community in Japan is moving toward a consensus that holding next year’s Tokyo Olympics may hinge on finding a coronavirus vaccine. Japan Medical Association president Yoshitake Yokokura ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Medical Assn: Tokyo Olympics difficult without vaccine
The medical community in Japan is moving toward a consensus that holding next year’s Tokyo Olympics may hinge on finding a coronavirus vaccine ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top doctor says Tokyo Olympics would be difficult without vaccine
The medical community in Japan is moving toward a consensus that holding next year’s Tokyo Olympics may hinge on finding a coronavirus vaccine. Japan Medical Assn. President Yoshitake Yokokura said in ... ( read original story ...)
March global sales slump spells trouble ahead for Japan’s carmakers
Global vehicle sales by Japanese automakers dropped by 34% in March when the coronavirus outbreak spread worldwide, and are set to fall further in the months ahead as the crisis continues. Analysts ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Would ‘Scrap’ Games if Not Held Next Year: Tokyo 2020’s Mori
Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori holds the Olympic Flame during a ceremony at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashi-Matsuhsima, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan March 20, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to amend first-quarter GDP calculation method to better reflect coronavirus impact
Japan's government said on Tuesday it will change the way it compiles preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) data for the January to March period to better reflect the impact of the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh reopens 600 apparel factories despite virus risk
Nearly a month after Bangladesh ordered garment factories shuttered to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the industry is reopening hundreds of them despite risks the disease might spread ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia: More than 2,200 died with coronavirus-like symptoms
Reuters review of data from 16 of Indonesia's 34 provinces suggests COVID-19 deaths far higher than official toll. ( read original story ...)
Unified in Coronavirus Lockdown, India Splinters Over Reopening
As India starts loosening restrictions, a once-broad consensus among leaders on how to proceed has weakened — and many people are staying home anyway. ( read original story ...)
China Said African Swine Fever Was Stable. Then Cases Climbed Again.
As China has largely brought the coronavirus pandemic under control within its borders, another highly contagious disease—one affecting livestock—is reappearing and raising questions about the ... ( read original story ...)