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Disagreements between Koike and Abe over how far the emergency measures should go have quickly escalated since Tokyo’s 14 million residents were asked to stay home earlier this week amid record numbe…
Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has declared a month-long state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and unveiled a record stimulus package aimed at steering the world’s thi…
A university in Japan has held a graduation ceremony for students using avatar robots remotely controlled by graduating students from their homes. The avatar robots, dubbed 'Newme,' by…
“We hope to declare a state of emergency as early as tomorrow after listening to the opinions of the advisory panel,” Abe told reporters on Monday evening. “We are seeing rapid increases of new …
A survey last year found that 19% had given staff the option of teleworking, but just 8.5% had taken it up. Daiwa Securities, with about 10,000 employees, introduced home-based teleworking …
SoftBank, which is run by the Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, announced on Thursday that it was terminating a $3bn share tender rescue deal hammered out last October to save WeWork from collapse.…
“It’s not true that the government is planning on declaring a state of emergency from April 1,” Suga said. Nishimura said he did not believe Japan had reached the point where a state of emergenc…
He is one of Japan’s most renowned photographers, a giant of the Provoke movement whose compelling images take a disturbing view of city life and the chaos of existenceAll photographs © Daidō Moriyama
The Tokyo Olympics will take place between July 23 and August 8 next year. The International Olympic Committee confirmed the news on Monday, which followed a meeting of the Tokyo 2020 organising…
The airline is the first major Japanese company to relax its regulations in response to complaints from women that having to wear high heels was uncomfortable and often left them in considerable pain…
