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At least 18 COVID-19 patients have died at home in the Tokyo metropolitan area since July due to a lack of available hospital beds, an Asahi Shimbun study found.
Miyoko Oshiro is in tears on June 23 in front of the Cornerstone of Peace in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on which are engraved the names of her father and her older brother. (Shoma Fujiwaki) ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture--Strong winds from an approaching typhoon did not keep Taro Aragaki from his daily routine of visiting the Cornerstone of Peace here. Aragaki, 78, was seen tracing the names of his parents with his hand on the monument, on which are engraved the names of more than 200,000 war dead. It stands in the Mabuni district of Itoman near the southern end of Okinawa’s main island.
At one time the Kokusai-dori area of Naha was described as the "miracle mile" because of the rapid economic development that followed Okinawa's return to Japanese sovereignty. (Minako Yoshimoto) NAHA--The island prefecture of Okinawa got left behind from mainland Japan decades ago. Postwar U.S. military occupation primarily took care of that. Now, as Okinawa marks the 49th anniversary of its return to Japanese sovereignty, the lingering effects of being under U.S. control for so long are coming into sharper focus. That, and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, have had a devastating toll on ...
A Chinese Coast Guard vessel in waters near the Senkaku Islands (Provided by Japan Coast Guard) Emboldened by a law allowing wider weapons use, the Chinese Coast Guard has repeatedly and more brazenly tested Japan’s resolve to avoid escalating tensions around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The law, enacted on Feb. 1, gives Chinese Coast Guard crew members the right to use weapons if needed against foreign ships that ignore their instructions. Less than a week after the law went into effect, Japan learned how serious the Chinese were about implementing it. “There is no doubt Ch...
Host nation support by Japan helped pay for this U.S. military housing complex in Nagasaki Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Japan has temporarily landed a cheaper deal to host U.S. forces with U.S. President Joe Biden's new administration after sweating out years of Donald Trump's demands that it pay more to do so. The central government announced on Feb. 17 that Japan and the United States have agreed to an unusual 1-year extension of host nation support (HNS) for U.S. military personnel based here. The announcement followed Washington's acceptance of the proposal the same day. HNS ag...