カテゴリー: Japan
After a slow start, Italy has now given 35m doses to adults; Johns Hopkins figures show Israel remains most vaccinated country‘So many revolutions to lead’: generation Z on post-Covid futureBiden aims to vaccinate 70% of Americans in ‘month of action’A…
Organisers remain bullish despite senior medical adviser saying holding Games during coronavirus pandemic was ‘not normal’See all our coronavirus coverageThe president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Seiko Hashimoto, has said the Games…
Japan may require Games fans to test negative or show vaccine proof; India reports lowest case numbers since 11 April; signs UK is facing third waveThird wave of Covid may be under way in UK, scientists sayTrump allies herald Biden investigation of Cov…
Experts say case numbers in Tokyo need to be much lower to prevent another surge during the GamesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Japan has extended emergency coronavirus measures in Tokyo and several other regions as the co…
The liberal daily, an official sponsor of the Games, says public health should be a priority while the coronavirus is still spreading See all our coronavirus coverage A major Japanese newspaper has called for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics, war…
Move comes amid preparations in Tokyo for the Olympics, which are due to be held from 23 July despite a raging fourth waveThe US has urged its citizens to avoid all travel to Japan, where concern is rising over new variants of the coronavirus, but offi…
Rights groups said LDP deserved ‘gold medal for homophobia’ after comments over discrimination billJapan’s ruling party has been accused of violating the Olympic charter after it failed to approve a bill to protect the rights of the LGBT community, dur…
A conductor, who was not qualified to drive the train, sat in the driver’s seat during his three-minute absence, in breach of the rulesA driver on one of Japan’s shinkansen bullet trains is facing disciplinary measures after he abandoned his cab to go …
Analysis: Seoul’s navigation of geopolitical landscape in east Asia hints at limits of united front with USWhen the South Korean president goes to Washington DC on Friday, his discussions with Joe Biden about China will test the limits of the US presid…
News that online system is open to abuse overshadows efforts by Tokyo to speed up slow rolloutSee all our coronavirus coverageA flaw in Japan’s coronavirus inoculation programme has been exposed barely a day after the government opened a facility in To…
Owners of izakayas in the Shimbashi district of Japan’s capital are facing an existential threatCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA vivid rainbow heralds the arrival of dusk in Tokyo, but the fabled promise of a pot of gold mu…
Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency on Friday as the nation battles a fourth wave of Covid infectionsSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 80% of Japanese oppose hosting the Olympics this year, a new poll published on Monday showed, wit…
Experts convened to consider changing male-only succession laws amid preponderance of women in the royal familyA panel of experts has begun talks on addressing the shortage of heirs to the Japanese imperial throne, as a poll showed that four in five me…
Beds almost at capacity and an estimated 17,000 people with symptoms waiting for treatmentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA surge in coronavirus cases in Japan is forcing exhausted medical workers to make “heartbreaking” dec…
Analysis: Beijing’s census data confirms trend reflected across a region that is looked to as engine of post-pandemic growthFull report: China’s population growing at slowest rate in generationsFor many years China watchers have been concerned that its…