Tag - covid-19

 
 

COVID 19

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2020
Ambiguous public health messages hurt the public
Health officials should be emphasizing the importance of “physical distancing” and “emotional closeness” in these critical times.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 7, 2020
Mie hot spring focuses on attracting locals to ride out pandemic
The resort is now looking to individual travelers rather than groups and is exploring new demands such as the so-called workation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 7, 2020
Stuck-home South Koreans could prop up economy for third of the price
The tens of millions of Koreans who usually go abroad could cover the loss in private consumption by simply spending a third of what they do when overseas, a study says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2020
Japan subsidies to cut China reliance set to boost Southeast Asia
'Even before coronavirus and the U.S.-China trade war struck, there was a shift away from production in China,” said a Japan External Trade Organization official.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2020
Philippines now has worst COVID-19 outbreak in Southeast Asia
Despite imposing the longest, strictest lockdown in Southeast Asia, coronavirus cases in the Philippines have now surged to almost 120,000, eclipsing Indonesia to become the region’s biggest outbreak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2020
Pandemic derails Abe's strategy to revive regional Japan with tourism
The plight of Kyoto and other cities in the western Kansai region has exposed a vulnerability of the prime minister's 'Abenomics' stimulus policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 7, 2020
Japan short of rescue plans for regional lenders hit by pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is deepening the pain for Japan's regional lenders, heightening concerns that a potential wave of business closures will test policymakers' ability to avert a damaging banking-sector crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 6, 2020
How a DNA test machine was retooled to find coronavirus in 90 minutes
A small DNA-testing company that just months ago was trying to get its footing in consumer genetics is now part of an effort to make U.K. hospitals safer during the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
Tourism-reliant Thailand shelves 'travel bubble' as virus cases rise
Thailand has delayed plans for a "travel bubble" agreement with select countries as the number of novel coronavirus cases reported daily rises in parts of Asia, putting pressure on its vital tourism industry and complicating efforts to revive its battered economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
Kim Jong Un directs aid to North Korean town under virus lockdown
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un directed his government agencies to act immediately to stabilize the livelihoods of residents in a city locked down over coronavirus concerns, state media reported Thursday.

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