Second homes in Japan’s summer resort become hub for telework
UTSUNOMIYA/SHIZUOKA, Japan -- Every year around May, waterworks companies in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa start receiving calls from...
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Tony second homes in ‘Japan’s Hamptons’ become hub for telework
UTSUNOMIYA/SHIZUOKA, Japan -- Every year around May, waterworks companies in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa start receiving calls from...
Japan fires up development-stage supercomputer for virus fight
TOKYO -- Japan has dispatched its newest supercomputer to help combat the spread of the novel coronavirus even though it is...
Japan deploys newest supercomputer early to fight coronavirus
TOKYO -- Japan has dispatched its newest supercomputer to help combat the spread of the novel coronavirus even though it is...
Tokyo coronavirus emergency threatens internet cafe ‘refugees’
TOKYO -- Millions of people will be inconvenienced by the Tokyo metropolitan government's business shutdown campaign as the city battens down...
Japan aims to cut social contact by 80%, here’s why
TOKYO -- Residents in Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures have been asked to refrain from going out. The plea...
Japan extends call to avoid nightclubs and bars nationwide
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will allow governors of all 47 prefectures to "strongly request" that their residents refrain from visiting...
Infectious diseases expert warns of second corona wave after fall
As China's Covid-19 outbreak comes largely under control and economic activities gradually resume, the pandemic has spread explosively worldwide. The...
Japan extends calls to avoid nightclubs, bars to all prefectures
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will allow governors of all 47 prefectures to request that their residents refrain from visiting nightclubs,...
Coronavirus: Seven things to know about the medical aspects
HONG KONG -- Scientists and researchers are racing to find treatments and a vaccine for the new coronavirus, as confirmed...
