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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday revealed a framework for the city’s plan to gradually reopen society while taking steps to prevent a second wave of the novel coronavirus until …

Tokyo unveils plan to reopen while preventing second virus wave Read More

Japan now has the daily capacity to conduct 22,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the novel coronavirus, the health ministry has said. The number exceeded the target of 20,000 …

Japan’s daily PCR test capacity tops 20,000 Read More

TOKYO: Japan should boost coronavirus testing and offer more generous cash payouts to households as the epidemic could last for several years, an economist appointed to a government panel on …

Corona Pandemic : It could take up to four years Read More

OSAKA: Osaka Prefecture said Thursday it will remove part of its business suspension requests from Saturday, even as it remains under the state of emergency put in place by the …

Osaka to remove part of business suspension requests from Saturday Read More

TOKYO: For Japan’s shell-shocked small businesses, a promised 110 trillion yen in stimulus is proving too little, too late, raising the likelihood of a surge in bankruptcies at companies that …

As Japanese gov’t slow-walks stimulus, small businesses fear collapse Read More

TOKYO: Japan’s most powerful business lobby on Thursday called on member companies to introduce a four-day workweek and seek flexible ways to hold upcoming shareholders’ meetings as part of guidelines …

Japan’s top business lobby calls for 4-day workweek in virus fight Read More

The COVID-19 epidemic is prompting companies in Tokyo to take down advertisements from stations and train cars, where ads were plentiful prior to the outbreak. Advertisers are suspending promotional activities …

As coronavirus spreads in Tokyo, advertising disappears Read More