Man arrested for riding motorbike on Japan's scenic bridge

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...

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Tokyo sees record coronavirus cases for second day

Tokyo 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...

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Hospital struggling to prepare for second wave of infections

Hospital 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...

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AI proposes age-based craft beer

AI 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...

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Daily high 286 coronavirus cases in Tokyo

Daily 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...

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Japan to study plasma treatment for coronavirus

Japan 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...

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Pacific saury sells for 6,000 yen a piece

Pacific 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...

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Tokyo raises coronavirus alert to highest level

Tokyo 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 ...

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136 coronavirus cases at US bases in Okinawa

136 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...

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8 patients with coronavirus antibodies found immune to COVID-19

8 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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