Japan’s Tokyo city hall has apologized for “confusion” Shibuya district. Health authorities on Saturday switched to a reservation system instead of first come, first served. But more than 2,200 people …
Japan’s PM candidate Kishida calls for huge stimulus package-Nikkei
TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Japan must launch a new economic stimulus package worth … reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international …
Knockoff Japanese shopping street in NE city traumatized by war draws ire, raises concerns of ‘cultural invasion’
According to the Nikkei report, only Japanese companies will be allowed to run a business there, or it should be a joint venture, and all products should be made in Japan. The aim is to build it into …
Yakuza Boss First to be Sentenced to Death in Japan
Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of the Kudo-kai Yakuza syndicate in the Fukuoka prefecture of Japan, was handed the death penalty on Wednesday for ordering four civilian attacks, including one …
Japan detects more vaccine contamination
Japan’s Okinawa region suspended the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday after another contamination was spotted, the local government said. It comes a day after the Japanese health ministry …
Japanese giant wants soy sauce to be the ‘ketchup of India’
Every dish tastes better with a dash of soy sauce, even dessert: that’s the ambitious pitch of Japanese food giant Kikkoman, hoping to persuade Indians to use it in curries, sweets and everything in …
Youth in China, Japan and South Korea are ‘lying flat’ because they’re exhausted and without hope
As a high schooler growing up in a small town in eastern China, Li Xiaoming dreamed of moving to a big city where he could have a better life.
Oxygen in U.S. South Runs Low; Japan Probes Deaths: Virus Update
Hospitals in the U.S. Southeast are running low on oxygen, with the worst-hit left only 12 to 24 hours worth, said Premier Inc., a hospital-supply purchasing group.
Two men in Japan die after receiving Moderna vaccine from batches later pulled; causes unclear
The deaths are being investigated, and the Cambridge biotech says it has no evidence the deaths were caused by its COVID-19 vaccine.
Afghan evacuees getting COVID shots at mass vaccine site in US; Japan probes deaths of two who had Moderna shots: Latest COVID-19 updates
Afghan evacuees arriving in the U.S. are getting COVID shots at a mass vaccine site near Dulles International Airport in Virginia. Latest news.