Tag - covid-19

 
 

COVID 19

SOCCER
Apr 11, 2020
Mexican League players jump on esports bandwagon to hold virtual season via FIFA 20
The Mexican League joined other sports leagues around the world Friday by using its players to conduct an esports tournament that will be broadcast to fill the time while play on the field is halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 11, 2020
Japanese athletes helping people stay fit at home amid pandemic
Japanese athletes reach out to fans stuck at home
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2020
Two-thirds of severe COVID-19 cases improved with remdesivir drug
Gilead Sciences Inc.’s experimental drug for patients with severe COVID-19 infections showed promise in an early analysis, raising tentative hope that the first treatment for the novel virus may be on the horizon.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 11, 2020
JBPA President Shigehiro Taguchi gives rise to players' voices during pandemic
JBPA president had to lead B. League players through uncertain situation when COVID-19 outbreak hit
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 11, 2020
NHL fielding offers from cities interested in hosting playoff games
The NHL is listening to offers from venues around North America that are volunteering to host neutral-site playoff games.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2020
South Korea reports 91 'recovered' COVID-19 patients tested positive again
South Korean officials on Friday reported that 91 patients thought to have recovered from the new coronavirus had tested positive again.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 11, 2020
ITF advises tennis players to seek local support while sport is on hiatus
The International Tennis Federation is looking at ways to help the players most severely affected by the sport's shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is advising them to claim support from their local governments if possible.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2020
Using his own 'metrics,' Trump says ending U.S. shutdown is biggest decision yet
Trump pledged to listen to health experts when making that determination, adding that he would unveil a new advisory group next week that would focus on the process of economic opening.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2020
Shizuoka's Rainbow Disco Club to stream online
On April 18, Rainbow Disco Club will host a 12-hour paid-streaming party featuring artists performing sets from Izu.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2020
Japan may need to scale up measures to tackle coronavirus, WHO says
Japan has stoked concern after recording cases of COVID-19 in three prefectures, including Tokyo that are not linked to known chains of transmission, according to the WHO.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2020
Tokyo reports 189 new COVID-19 infections, resetting single-day record
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 189 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, resetting the single-day record for a third consecutive day and lifting the capital's total above 1,700.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Apr 10, 2020
Will COVID-19 be China’s Chernobyl?
The virus has exposed the structural vulnerabilities of the Communist Party system in China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2020
Washington’s coronavirus revolution
The people of the U.S. capital are learning a whole new way to live and conduct business.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2020
What I learned from trying to cut my own hair
Business and consuming will be transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We'll be outsourcing fewer decisions and mastering more things for ourselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 10, 2020
Japan to let patients get services online or by phone during pandemic
To protect hospital workers from the new coronavirus, the health ministry will allow first-time patients to receive medical examinations and prescriptions online or via telephone starting next week, the health minister said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2020
Sumida and Nagaoka fireworks among summer events canceled due to virus
Fireworks displays and other summer events were canceled months in advance by organizers on Friday, joining the long list of gatherings scrapped over the new coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2020
Tokyo announces monthlong action plan to contain coronavirus outbreak
The plan, which took effect Saturday and lasts until May 6, requests the temporary closure of a long list of businesses and private facilities.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 10, 2020
Food Supply wholesaler launches 'drive-through greengrocer' in Tokyo
Food Supply, a fruit and vegetable wholesale company in Tokyo’s Ota Ward, has launched a “drive-through greengrocer” to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 and minimize its food waste. The company, which usually provides produce to around 5,000 restaurants, has seen over 70 percent of its client...
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2020
Taiwan accuses Chinese trolls of fomenting racism spat with WHO
Taiwan accused Chinese internet users of spreading fabricated expressions of remorse in a coordinated effort to paint Taipei as the source of a campaign of racist abuse against the head of the World Health Organization.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 10, 2020
Wholesale prices in Japan fell 0.4% in March on waning demand for crude
Wholesale prices in March fell 0.4 percent compared with a year ago as the global spread of COVID-19 weighed on a wide range of economic activities, the Bank of Japan said Friday.

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