Reports of child abuse rise in Japan amid coronavirus

Reports of child abuse rise in Japan amid coronavirus

Reports of suspected child abuse cases rise in Japan in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, while the number of criminal...

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Tokyo Olympic head Mori Yoshiro apologizes for sexist remark

Tokyo Olympic head Mori Yoshiro apologizes for sexist remark

Tokyo Olympic organizing committee president Mori Yoshiro apologizes for saying women talk too much, but does not intend...

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Sapporo Snow Festival goes online

Sapporo Snow Festival goes online

Sapporo holds its snow festival online for the first time amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Tokyo Disney Resort to shorten business hours

Tokyo Disney Resort to shorten business hours

Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea will push back opening times by one hour under the extended coronavirus state of emergenc...

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Tokyo sushi shop delivers 100 seasonal sushi rolls to frontline medical workers

Tokyo sushi shop delivers 100 seasonal sushi rolls to frontline medical workers

A sushi restaurant in Tokyo’s Tsukiji area donates 100 seasonal sushi rolls to a hospital that treats coronavirus patien...

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Annual bean-tossing events held across Japan

Annual bean-tossing events held across Japan

Annual bean-throwing events took place in various parts of Japan, with limited participants amid the coronavirus pandemi...

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Working remotely on Shinkansen bullet train

Working remotely on Shinkansen bullet train

East Japan Railway is offering bullet trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen line as virtual office space for passengers to tel...

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial undergoing preservation work

Hiroshima Peace Memorial undergoing preservation work

The interior of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial that is undergoing preservation work is shown to media organizations.

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Crown Prince Fumihito holds online coronavirus meeting with hospitals

Crown Prince Fumihito holds online coronavirus meeting with hospitals

Crown Prince Fumihito holds an online meeting with several hospitals in Japan to ask how they are dealing with the coron...

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NTT releases customizable picture book

NTT releases customizable picture book

The NTT Group releases a picture book that can be customized for individual children.

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