TOKYO (Asia) – The Health Ministry of Japan has begun allowing saliva-based coronavirus tests. This move is made to boost the number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in the country. Until now, nasal swabs were the only methods to test which was used in Japan. Patients sneezing at
TOKYO (Asia) – The Japanese air force’s aerobatic demonstration squadron, Blue Impulse, flew over central Tokyo on Friday in a salute to medical workers on the frontline against the coronavirus pandemic. As a team of six T-4 training jets streaked across a clear blue sky shortly after noon, doctors and nurses on hospital rooftops waved […]
TOKYO (Business) – Consumer confidence index in Japan tipped slightly higher in May, still remaining at a record low owing to the heavy economic toll that the coronavirus pandemic placed. The survey’s sentiment index for general households includes views on incomes and jobs and had risen to 24.0 in May from April’s 21.6, a record […]
TOKYO (Asia) – Japan’s government gave a bleaker view on exports in a monthly report in May as the world’s third-largest economy grapples with the fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic. While it left its overall assessment that the economy is in an “extremely severe situation” unchanged, the government also lowered its view on the […]
TOKYO (Asia) – Children under the age of two shouldn’t wear masks because they can make breathing difficult and increase the risk of choking, a Japan medical group said, launching an urgent appeal to parents as the country reopens from the coronavirus crisis. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency for Tokyo and […]
TOKYO (Asia) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency for Tokyo and four remaining areas on Monday after the number of infections fell across the country, but warned that it could be reimposed if the virus started spreading again. The move meant that the whole country would now have the social […]
TOKYO (Asia) – As Japan eases coronavirus curbs following its first wave of cases, many small medical clinics are scrambling to stay afloat and the doctors who run them are calling for government support as patients keep away for fear of infection. Such clinics are the backbone of a healthcare system short of doctors to […]
TOKYO (Business) – Japan’s Uniqlo, owned by Fast Retailing, plans to sell face masks using its Airism underwear line fabric to meet the ever-growing demand for protective gear amid coronavirus. Uniqlo was until now wary of making face masks. The change of mind came after receiving requests from several customers to make them. Pricing and […]
TOKYO (Finance) – SoftBank Group Corp said it plans to sell 5% of its domestic telco SoftBank Corp, currently worth $3.1 billion, as part of a programme to raise $41 billion through asset sales. The sale of 240 million shares for a yet to be determined price and set to close on May 26 will […]
TOKYO (Asia) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to build 2,000 new ventilators for coronavirus patients that even the government says hospitals are unlikely to need. Instead, the plan, announced in April, appears to be more about bringing home manufacturing of equipment seen as key to the country’s national security, a long-held focus […]
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