カテゴリー: Japan
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is expected to head to Poland amid fears she would be punished if she went homeThe Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is “safe” after arriving in Austria from Japan, where she had refused her team’s orders to return to …
Officials said the three tried to avoid authorities after returning from abroad, sparking a social media flurrySee all our coronavirus coverageJapan has carried out a threat to publicly shame people not complying with coronavirus border control measure…
Officials said the three tried to avoid authorities after returning from abroad, sparking a social media flurrySee all our coronavirus coverageJapan has carried out a threat to publicly shame people not complying with coronavirus border control measure…
Coronavirus live: England and Wales deaths at three-month high; row in Germany over jabbing children
Covid deaths in England and Wales in week ending 23 July up 50%; doctors, scientists and the government disagree over vaccinating children in GermanyScotland to scrap social distancing as it lifts most restrictionsUS reaches Biden’s 70% first-shot goal…
Yakei took top spot after roughing up Sanchu, the alpha male who had been leader of ‘troop B’ on the island of Kyushu for five yearsIn a rarely seen phenomenon in the simian world, a nine-year-old female known as Yakei has become the boss of a 677-stro…
Measures in Tokyo also extended until 31 August, after the Olympics and well into the ParalympicsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan has expanded its coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas beyond Tokyo after rec…
Health experts say surge in cases amid Olympics could overload hospitals unless action takenCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth experts in Japan have warned that a recent surge in coronavirus cases in Tokyo, six days into…
LGBTQ+ rights in Japan | Literary incorrectness | PMQs | A marital palindrome | Cross wordsMany congratulations to Tom Daley on his magnificent win with Matty Lee. Probably worth pointing out, though, that while your article is correct in saying that s…
More than 200 million Europeans fully vaccinated but programme still behind summer target; more Olympic athletes confirmed to have CovidStark silence in Tokyo speaks volumes about Olympic fearsChina refuses further inquiry into Covid-19 origins in Wuh…
After a year’s delay, the Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want as infections rise againThe joy and anticipation that greeted the International Olympic Committee’s decision in 2013 to award the 2020 Games …
The International Olympics Committee president, Thomas Bach, mistakenly referred to Japanese people as ‘Chinese’ during a Tokyo 2020 press conference in Japan. The gaffe was not translated by interpreters at the conference. He corrected himself quickly…
Gaffe by International Olympic Committee president triggers backlash on social mediaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThomas Bach’s attempts to win over the reluctant hosts of the Tokyo 2020 Games got off to an embarrassing st…
Family of Nottingham woman say they have received ‘the worst news imaginable’ from policeA British teacher who was missing in Japan for more than a week has been found dead.The family of Alice Hodgkinson, 28, confirmed they had received the “worst news…
Ministers back down after hundreds of government offices insist banishing fax would be impossibleMost bureaucrats might be expected to welcome the chance to be freed from the tyranny of the fax machine. But in Japan, government plans to send the must-h…
Kurt Campbell says Beijing assessing world’s response to Hong Kong crackdown to understand potential reaction on TaiwanA senior US official has warned China not to seek emboldenment from its Hong Kong crackdown to move against Taiwan, as Japan’s deputy…