Man arrested for riding motorbike on Japan's scenic bridge
Police arrest a 40-year-old man for riding a motorcycle on Kintaikyo, a wooden arch bridge considered one of Japan's sce...
read moreTokyo sees record coronavirus cases for second day
Tokyo confirms 293 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, a record number for the second day in a row. The high number is d...
read moreHospital struggling to prepare for second wave of infections
Tokyo raised the coronavirus alert to the highest level on July 15th. As the number of confirmed cases rise in the capit...
read moreAI proposes age-based craft beer
Electronics maker NEC uses artificial intelligence to develop craft beers for people in their 20s to 50s. The AI analyze...
read moreDaily high 286 coronavirus cases in Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reports a daily high of 286 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Japan's ca...
read moreJapan to study plasma treatment for coronavirus
Japan is preparing to study methods of treating patients infected with the novel coronavirus using blood plasma of those...
read morePacific saury sells for 6,000 yen a piece
Pacific saury fetched about 6,000 yen apiece in the season's first auction due in part to the record low number of the f...
read moreTokyo raises coronavirus alert to highest level
Officials confirm 165 new cases of coronavirus infections in Tokyo on Wednesday. The Japanese capital saw more than 100 ...
read more136 coronavirus cases at US bases in Okinawa
Officials confirm 36 new cases of novel coronavirus infections at a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture, bringing t...
read more8 patients with coronavirus antibodies found immune to COVID-19
The results of Japan's large-scale antibody test show all eight patients who had antibodies against the novel coronaviru...
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