Japan’s push for a bigger voice at the United Nations and other global organizations has contributed to a double-digit increase in positions held by Japanese nationals, but rising Asian power China …
Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the moon to test lunar rover tech
Japan plans to deploy a baseball-sized rover to explore the moon’s surface in 2022. The Japanese company ispace will deliver the small rover to the moon for t (JAXA) using the commercial HAKUTO-R …
Japanese COVID-19 related business failures hit 1,500
Around 1,500 Japanese businesses have either declared bankruptcy or shut down due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, credit research firm Teikoku Databank said Thursday. Its latest figure, …
Japanese COVID-19 related business failures hit 1,500
Around 1,500 Japanese businesses have either declared bankruptcy or shut down due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, credit research firm Teikoku Databank said Thursday. Its latest figure, …
Olympic Games could create an ‘Olympic strain,’ warns head of Japan Doctors Union
Japan has one of the slowest coronavirus vaccine rollouts among developed countries, with only 2.3 percent of a population of 125 million fully vaccinated.
Japan medic warns of ‘Olympic’ COVID strain
Although Japan has repeatedly pledged to hold a “safe and secure” 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after a year-long postponement, it is struggling to contain a fourth wave of the pandemic and preparing to …
EU, Japan throw support behind Olympics, with aid of vaccines from Europe
The European Union and Japan on Thursday backed Tokyo’s hosting of the Olympic Games this year, with EU-produced vaccines helping Japan in its battle against a fourth wave of infections.
With Tokyo Olympics nearing, Japan considers extending coronavirus state of emergency
Japan’s government will decide Friday whether to extend a state of emergency across much of the country, nearly two months before the planned start of the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics.
EU, Japan back Olympics Games as symbol of global unity
The European Union and Japan agreed on Thursday that they favoured Tokyo’s hosting of the Olympic Games this year, despite concerns over the influx of athletes and officials as Japan battles of fourth …
IOC Disputes Report That Games Will Happen Even If Japan Says No
The International Olympic Committee pushed back at characterizations of comments made by long-standing senior official Dick Pound in a Japanese magazine, in which he was reported to say that the IOC …