Evacuees spend 1st night at home in Futaba since nuclear disaster
January 21, 2022
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ASDF member gets COVID-19 while on duty to help Tonga
January 25, 2022 An Air Self-Defense Force member of an emergency mission to airlift drinking water to disaster-hit Tonga tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to Australia, which was also a stopover on the outward journey, the Defense Ministry said Jan. 25.Record 327 nursery schools forced to close due to Omicron
January 25, 2022 The health ministry announced that a record 327 nursery schools had temporally closed in Tokyo, Hokkaido and 25 prefectures as of Jan. 20 due to surging COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant.
FOOT TRAFFIC REMAINS HIGH
Pre-emergency virus measures fail to ease strain on hospital beds
January 25, 2022 COVID-19 pre-emergency measures in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures have not had a significant impact as the health care system remains strained and daytime foot traffic remains relatively high in popular locations.
Governor gets flak for urging unvaccinated to stay home
January 25, 2022
Public health centers working tirelessly in face of virus surge
January 25, 2022
Construction stats inflated by 4 trillion yen in fiscal 2020
January 25, 2022
DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS: Bush, Kaifu sought China’s positive change on human rights in 1990
January 24, 2022
Biden, Kishida agree to boost security, economic cooperation
January 22, 2022
Rengo’s anger at JCP reflected in rare election policy flip
January 22, 2022
Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi to unveil 2030 EV plans this week
January 24, 2022
Blue Seal ice cream chain makes moves outside Okinawa
January 24, 2022
Trucking firm’s green project converts ramen soup into biofuel
January 22, 2022
U.S. combat jet crashes in South China Sea exercise, 7 hurt
January 25, 2022
South Korean officials say North Korea tested cruise missiles
January 25, 2022
U.S. orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry
January 25, 2022
From the jaws of defeat, eels can escape through predators’ gills
January 22, 2022
Website owner not guilty over nonconsensual bitcoin mining
January 21, 2022
Shock waves blamed for high tidal surge after Tonga eruption
January 17, 2022
Anthology to feature Tezuka’s works from childhood years
January 20, 2022
3 unpublished plays by Shusaku Endo found in author’s museum
January 19, 2022
Baseball manga pioneer Shinji Mizushima dies at 82
January 18, 2022
Lisa’s Wanderings Around Japan/ Ushiku Buddha: Finding one’s way to the Pure Land in massive Ibaraki statue
January 25, 2022
60-meter slide to add thrill, fun to regain tourists to Osaka landmark
January 24, 2022
Kusatsu named most popular onsen resort for the 1st time
January 20, 2022
Evacuees spend 1st night at home in Futaba since nuclear disaster
January 21, 2022
NHK apologizes for false label of ‘paid protester’ against Olympics
January 10, 2022
Insect farming is booming amid demand for more sustainable food
January 21, 2022
GOHAN LAB/ Sweet simmered black soybeans: Keep liquid from boiling over to get plump, shiny ‘kuromame’
January 5, 2022
ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray
January 21, 2022
AUTHORS ALIVE!: Writers Murata, Asai listen to each other read their own novels
December 31, 2021
African wild dogs skilled predators in sharp decline
December 24, 2021
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Haruki Murakami and other writers read from books before selected audiences at the new Haruki Murakami Library.
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