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 …
Covid live: Olympics could cause new variant, doctor warns; India simplifies vaccine approvals to speed up rollout
Head of Japanese doctors union warns of risk if Games go ahead; India scraps local trial requirement to boost number of jabs amid crisis …
As Japan ponders data rules, 40% of financial firms send user info overseas
With Japanese corporate management of personal information under scrutiny after revelations at messaging app Line, a Nikkei survey shows that about 40% of leading financial services institutions in …
Shorthanded Myanmar in Japan for World Cup soccer qualifiers
Myanmar is missing up to 10 players who are boycotting the World Cup qualifier against Japan on Friday and that has ratcheted up the degree of difficulty against Asia’s top-ranked team …