Tag - wuhan

 
Menu
Search
 
November 22, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

WUHAN

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2020
A car boom in Wuhan brings hope for post-lockdown recovery
If a stream of visitors to auto dealerships in the virus-hit city is any indication, the recovery of the car business in China and perhaps the world could be rapid.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2020
How a military-style lockdown unfolded in Wuhan
As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic, China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday, allowing its 11 million residents to leave for the first time in over two months, a milestone in its effort to combat the outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 7, 2020
A city traumatized: As lockdown eases, Wuhan residents fret over future
Li Xiaoli has been hard at work in recent days at the car dealership she owns in Wuhan, making sure she has enough sanitizer and protective gear for the company's long-awaited reopening.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2020
‘Our goal is to survive’: Wuhan cautiously emerges from lockdown
Wuhan businessman Li Jing is counting down the days until his city emerges from virus lockdown.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2020
Wuhan official preaches vigilance as China plans to mourn coronavirus 'martyrs'
The top official in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China, warned residents to strengthen self-protection measures and avoid going out as Beijing preaches vigilance to avoid a resurgence of infections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2020
'No farewells, no ceremonies': China's Hubei cremates coronavirus dead
Ten unclaimed urns sit in the crematorium in Jingzhou, a city in central China's Hubei province hard-hit by coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2020
China's Wuhan, where the new coronavirus emerged, begins to lift its lockdown
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, began lifting a two-month lockdown on Saturday by restarting some metro services and reopening borders, allowing some semblance of normality to return and families to reunite.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 27, 2020
Stacks of urns in Wuhan prompt new questions about virus's toll
The long lines and stacks of ash urns greeting family members of the dead at funeral homes in Wuhan are spurring questions about the true scale of coronavirus casualties at the epicenter of the outbreak, renewing pressure on a Chinese government struggling to control its containment narrative.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2020
China’s Wuhan lockdown may delay feared second wave, study shows
China’s long lockdown in Wuhan may have bought the country months of time before a feared second wave of coronavirus cases peaks, according to a study with implications for how long other nations may have to maintain similar restrictions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 10, 2020
China's Xi visits Wuhan for first time in sign Beijing sees virus outbreak as under control
Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the coronavirus epicenter of Wuhan for the first time since the disease emerged, a trip intended to project confidence that his government has managed to stem its spread domestically.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2020
China reports almost all new virus infections outside Wuhan originated abroad
About a quarter of China's new confirmed cases and almost all of those outside the epidemic's epicenter in Wuhan originated outside the country on Friday, according to official data.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 28, 2020
Whistleblower says HHS didn't protect workers from virus risk
A whistleblower is accusing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of a "failure to protect its employees" responsible for responding to the coronavirus outbreak, according to the attorney representing the person making the allegation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 26, 2020
Critics ask 'Where's Abe?' as coronavirus spreads in Japan
As Japan struggles to stem the spread of a coronavirus within its borders, critics are asking, "Where's Abe?"
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2020
Canadian families 'plead urgently' for third evacuation flight from Wuhan
Canadian citizens and permanent residents who remain in Wuhan, China, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, need to be brought home on a third evacuation plane, a group of families urged the federal government.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2020
China pushes plants to reopen, risking renewed spread of coronavirus
China is trying to get people back to work, risking a renewed spread of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 23, 2020
Coronavirus incubation could be as long as 27 days, Chinese provincial government says
A 70-year-old man in China's Hubei Province was infected with coronavirus but did not show symptoms until 27 days later, the local government said Saturday, meaning the virus' incubation period could be much longer than the presumed 14 days.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 21, 2020
Overwhelmed Chinese hospitals turn away patients without virus
Liu Zi'ao was awaiting surgery in a Wuhan hospital to treat the tumor pressing on his spinal cord when, suddenly, he was told to leave. The novel coronavirus had plunged the central Chinese city's health care system into crisis, and all resources were being diverted to contain it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2020
Four key dates, four missed chances for China to contain coronavirus
It's been more than two months since Dec. 12, the day doctors first noticed a Chinese patient display symptoms of the highly infectious coronavirus that has claimed more than 2,100 lives across the globe. In the weeks following that early case, authorities missed one chance after another to contain the...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

mission sustainability vol.12 : Kose Corp.Kose takes pride in creating beauty in the world
mission sustainability vol.12 : Kose Corp.Kose takes pride in creating beauty in the world

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER