Japan requests people to refrain from travel to areas hit hard by Covid-19 Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government of Japan is requesting people to refrain from travel to areas hit the most by the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. This request will apply after the state of emergency is lifted in…
Japan to ease the Covid-19 state of emergency in the majority of prefectures Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government of Japan is to ease the state of emergency in the majority of prefectures. This is based on zero deaths to the low death toll in 34 out of 47 prefectures…
Tokyo in 5-day coronavirus downward trend: Far from the alleged meltdown! Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The upsurge of reported coronavirus (Covid-19) infection cases in Tokyo is gradually relenting in the last thirteen days. Indeed, only on three days have cases gone over 100 in this period. This bodes well for…
Deaths in France, Italy, Spain, and the UK is 75,000 compared to 450 people in the modern Asia Pacific Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis emanated in Wuhan and then spread throughout China. In time, China got on top of the first wave of coronavirus. However, what is…
Japan to widen entry ban on America, China, South Korea, and the majority of Europe Chika Mori and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The increasing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is entailing nations to ban entry to foreign nationals. This situation is evolving all the time. Hence, Europe is now the main continent in terms of…
Group infection of 58 in Japan on the coattails of the Olympic postponement Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In recent days more cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) are being reported in various parts of Japan. Thus, news emanating from Chiba prefecture, part of Greater Tokyo, of a group infection is part of…
Tokyo Governor and PM Abe to focus more on coronavirus after the Olympics postponed Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Tokyo Governor (Yuriko Koike) is suddenly focusing strongly on the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was postponed. However, to the layperson, it looks rather cynical. Despite this, people…
Tokyo Olympics all but over this summer after Canada pulls out and others to follow Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are all but over with the announcement by Canada that they will not participate. It seems only a matter of time that Australia and other…
Tokyo Olympics should be postponed utters former medalist Kaori Yamaguchi Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The first dissenting voice inside the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) implied strongly that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics should be postponed. Kaori Yamaguchi, a highly respected former judo bronze Olympic medalist and the 1984 gold medal World…
Tokyo Olympics: Abe and Olympic Committee imply capitalism over coronavirus crisis Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appear to be focused on capitalism and profits before the reality of the international coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. Thus, despite over 8,000 people already…
Coronavirus and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: 8 new cases in Tokyo and more nationally Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The clocking is ticking to the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. However, with eight new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) in Tokyo, then the concern is increasing. At the same…
The first death in Japan from coronavirus (Covid-19) while internal infections increase Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The government of Japan is witnessing the gradual increase in internal cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), with thirty-three know cases. Of course, for individuals stranded on the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Yokohama, then currently…
Japanese artist through a period of political change Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kawamura Kiyoo (1852-1934) created many amazing pieces of art during a period of rapid political change. He was born in the old world of the Edo Period (1603-1868) and witnessed the modernization of the Meiji Period in its…
Local Government of Osaka at odds with the Japanese Government over Coronavirus Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus emanating from China is creating different political views in Japan. Thus, with eight cases of coronavirus being known in Japan, the Osaka Prefectural Government is taking a different approach to that of…
Japan to evacuate nationals from Wuhan: 56 dead from Coronavirus and 2,000 infections Kanako Itamae and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The Foreign Ministry of Japan is preparing to evacuate Japanese nationals from Wuhan. Hence, the Hubei Province is being monitored daily by Japan. Therefore, arrangements are ongoing with the government of China to evacuate…
