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COVID-19 state of emergency begins in Aichi and Fukuoka Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Commuters pass through Nagoya Station on Wednesday morning. | KYODO Jiji May 12, 2021 The central government’s state of emergency over the spread of COVID-19 was formally expanded Wednesday to cover Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures. The measure, which had already covere...

10 May 2021 Japan’s government is considering investing further in alternative trade routes through Russia — including the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Northern Sea Route — in the wake of the Suez Canal blockage in March, Al Jazeera reported Sunday. “In mid-April, after the Suez accident, Russian Railways announced the opening of a representative office in Tokyo to further promote the development of the business,” Al Jazeera noted, referring to still-in-development plans by Russia...

Japan mulls alternatives to Suez Canal after Ever Given shock When the Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, lost control in the midst of a dust storm and high winds on March 23, and became wedged across the Suez Canal, it was an event of international significance that also rekindled Japanese interest in finding alternative routes to Europe. “The blocking of the Suez Canal accelerated things,” said James D J Brown, associate professor at Temple University Japan, even if...

  When viewed from the right angle, the "betabumi-zaka" ramp for the Eshima Ohashi Bridge looks like its shooting straight up into the sky. See Also Betabumi-zaka means "a pedal-to-the-metal slope" in Japanese and the renowned insane-looking bridge connects Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture and Matsue in Shimane Prefecture. Matsue is my hometown and my family and I had crossed the bridge once before with my father behind the wheel. But I decided to cross the bridge with myself in the drivers ...

Tokyo, Japan – When the Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container ships, lost control in the midst of a dust storm and high winds on March 23, and became wedged across the Suez Canal, it was an event of international significance that also rekindled Japanese interest in finding alternative routes to Europe. “The blocking of the Suez Canal accelerated things,” said James D J Brown, associate professor at Temple University Japan, even if the concerns about over-dependence on the ca...

Japanese Hospital: Cancel the Tokyo Olympics An overwhelmed hospital posts signs in its windows asking for the event to be canceled. Author: Original: May 9, 2021 The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are set for just months from now, but one Japanese hospital is begging for the nation to cancel the big event. “Medical capacity has reached its limits. Stop the Olympics!” and “Give us a break. The Olympics are impossible!” read signs posted in the windows of Tachikawa Sogo Hospital in Toky...

Japan News-Yomiuri The slope of the Eshima Ohashi Bridge, as seen from the side of the bridge in Matsue, Japan. When viewed from the right angle, the "betabumi-zaka" ramp for the Eshima Ohashi Bridge looks like its shooting straight up into the sky. Betabumi-zaka means "a pedal-to-the-metal slope" in Japanese and the renowned insane-looking bridge connects Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture and Matsue in Shimane Prefecture. Matsue is my hometown and my family and I had crossed the bridge once ...

May 8, 2021 In the year 675, Emperor Tenmu decreed that eating meat would be prohibited from April through September each year — a broadly Buddhist idea generally adhered to until the Meiji Era (1868-1912). Curiously, wild animals were exempt. Hunting for meat is nothing new. It sustained humanity for millions of years. But we’ve moved on since then to farming and fast food — now, most people don’t hunt because they need to, but because they want to. However, in the past few de...

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, answers a question at a news conference in Tokyo on May 7. Shigeru Omi, chairman of a panel of experts advising the government on the COVID-19 crisis, is standing next to him. (Koichi Ueda) The government decided May 7 to extend the COVID-19 state of emergency until May 31 while adding two more prefectures, Aichi and Fukuoka, to the list, bringing the total to six. It also decided to apply the quasi emergency pandemic response program known as “man-en bos...

Japan to extend Covid emergency to end of month ​ By IANS | ​ 2 Views 3 Japanese prefectures impose stricter measures. Image Source: IANS News Tokyo, May 7 : Japan will extend the Covid-19 state of emergency currently in effect in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures until the end of the month, the Minister in charge of the governments coronavirus response said on Friday. Yasutoshi Nishimura also said that Aichi and Fukuoka will be added to the four prefectures under the emergency me...