Japan has begun requesting some nightlife establishments to suspend their businesses in return for monetary compensation, signaling the nation is stepping up its fight against coronavirus outbreaks …
Japan flooding death toll nears 60 as ‘unprecedented’ rain batters main island
Torrential rains that triggered deadly flooding across southern Japan moved northward on Wednesday, triggering mudslides and more evacuations across the country’s main island.
People rescued after flooding and landslides in Japan
Rescue workers are helping people stranded because of flooding and landslides, caused by heavy rain, in parts of Japan.
Banks With ‘Shattered’ Business Models Warned by Japan’s FSA
Japan’s financial regulator is running out of patience with regional banks that are struggling to adapt to an increasingly grim business environment.The Financial Services Agency has targeted some …
U.S. says Ghosn wired money to man who helped him flee Japan
The disclosure came less than a day after the men, Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor, who are trying to avoid extradition to Japan in connection with Ghosn’s escape, petitioned a U.S. judge to …
Japan and Australia are natural partners for the post-virus era
Australia and Japan have been among the global front runners in managing the COVID-19 health crisis and are positioned to lead the lifting of economic restrictions and the economic global recovery if …
Japan’s devastating rains move north as millions told to evacuate
Heavy downpours in southern Japan, which have killed more than 50, now battering the country’s main island …
Japan battered by more heavy rain, floods, nearly 60 dead
By Wednesday morning, parts of Nagano and Gifu in central Japan were flooded by massive downpours. Footage on NHK television showed swollen water in the Hida River gouging into the embankment, …
Rain Pounds Central Japan, 55 Feared Dead In South
The weather front was now moving north, and on Wednesday morning the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued warnings for Gifu and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, though it downgraded the …
‘Brief shining of the light’: Japan’s fireflies dance – and mate – in isolation amid Covid-19
Next year visitors to Tatsuno ‘will once again see fireflies dance wonderfully’, says mayor …