400 meter hurdles Olympic gold and World Record for Karsten Warholm Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The 400-meter hurdles for men had been highly anticipated because of the recent performances of Karsten Warholm of Norway and Rai Benjamin of the United States. Also, the recent form of Alison dos Santos of Brazil…
100 meters Olympic gold for Italy: Lamont Marcell Jacobs Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Lamont Marcell Jacobs won a stunning 100 meters race for men at the Tokyo Olympics. The Italian took his chance after qualifying with being the fastest loser in the semi-final after coming third in 9.84 behind Su…
The failed state of emergency in Japan to expand to other prefectures Kanako Mit and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The coronavirus State of Emergency currently covering Tokyo isn’t working. After all, new record daily infections have been recorded in recent days. Since the coronavirus crisis emerged in Japan, it is like an endless yo-yo…
Koike and Suga said Olympics is going smoothly while Covid-19 hits over 10,000 daily cases Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike met last weekend. After the meeting, they smugly concluded that “the Tokyo Olympics are going smoothly.” However, prior to this blase comment, the coronavirus crisis…
Russian Federation wins both Gymnastic team Olympic golds in Tokyo Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation won both team gymnastic golds at the Olympics for the first time in their history. This amazing feat happened despite the amazing Japanese male team of Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Takeru Kitazono, and Wataru…
Japan wins first-ever Table Tennis Olympic gold after beating China Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times Japan won its first-ever table tennis gold medal at the Olympics after Jun Mizutani and Ito Mima beat Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen from China. The amazing mixed doubles final went all the way to the last…
Great Britain win amazing Olympic gold for diving after Daley and Lee deliver Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The Olympic 10-meter platform for synchronized diving for men went all the way to the final dive. Even then, the amazing last dive by Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen from China had Tom Daley…
Japan protests against the PM of Russia visiting Iturup Island: Economic changes Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japan made formal protests to the Russian Federation after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited Iturup Island in the South Kuril Islands. According to Japan, the region belongs to Japan and is called the Northern…
Japan wins first swimming gold at Tokyo Olympics: Australia break world record Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times Japan won its first swimming gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics after Yui Ohashi won the 400-meter individual medley after her amazing breaststroke leg. Emma Weyant of America, the silver medalist, did challenge late on…
First gold medal won by Japan at the Tokyo Olympics in Judo Kanako Mita and Chika Mori Modern Tokyo Times Japan won its first gold medal of the tainted Tokyo Olympics in judo. This will ease the pressure on other Japanese competitors because some famous athletes from the host nation faltered in other events. Therefore, Naohisa…
Tokyo homeless kicked out for the privileged Olympics: Taking the knee and ignoring the locals and region Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The Tokyo Olympics is to commence in front of privileged spectators. Hence, ordinary people in Japan and foreign spectators are banned from attending Olympic venues. However, for the homeless in Tokyo,…
Tokyo Olympics to costs tens of billions of dollars: Privileged only! Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The Tokyo Olympics typify the shallowness of humanity. Officially, over 4 million deaths from the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19). Yet, in India alone, the number of excess deaths is 4 million. However, despite the enormous loss of…
President Moon of South Korea cancels planned visit to Tokyo Olympics because of undiplomatic language Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The rude comment by Hirohisa Soma, the Deputy Ambassador of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, aimed at President Moon Jae-in of South Korea scuppered his planned visit to the Tokyo…
Japan and South Korea: Possible meeting between Suga and Moon in Tokyo Noriko Watanabe and Kanako Mita Modern Tokyo Times Reports of a possible meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Moon Jae-in have hit a diplomatic snag. This concerns a rude comment by Hirohisa Soma, the Deputy Ambassador of the Japanese Embassy in…
Western European floods leave at least 170 dead Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times Western European floods are known to have killed at least 170 people. In Germany, the figure is now 133 deaths. Hence, search and rescue missions are ongoing in several nations, notably in areas hit the hardest in Belgium and…
Tokyo Covid-19 infections continue to increase one week before the Olympics begin Sawako Uchida and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times New daily infections of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Tokyo reached a figure last reported in late January. Thus with the neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama witnessing a new upturn in daily infections, the…
Indonesia is the new epicentre of Covid-19 infections in Asia Kanako Mita and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times Indonesia is reeling from the ongoing international coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. Indeed, in Asia, Indonesia is now blighted by a higher number of daily infections than India. Thus, Indonesia is the current epicenter of the coronavirus in Asia.…
Japan reaches 15,000 Covid-19 deaths: IOC President Bach astonishingly thanks the Chinese! Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The nation of Japan reached the grim milestone of 15,000 coronavirus deaths (Covid-19) deaths today. Sadly, this figure will gradually increase because of the slowness of the vaccination program and the casual approach to the…
Daiichi Sankyo to launch important Covid-19 trial: mRNA, Covid-19, and cancer Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese pharmaceutical sector is slow off the mark compared with several nations where mRNA coronavirus vaccines and non-mRNA vaccines are already being used. However, the Japanese companies of AnGes, Daiichi Sankyo, KM Biologics, and Shionogi…
Communist Cuba hit by rare political protests Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Havana and others cities throughout Cuba. Thus, despite the relatively small size of the protests, this will still worry the communist government of Cuba. According to opposition forces against communist rule in…
President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti assassinated by a foreign hit squad Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by a professional foreign hit squad, according to the police in Haiti. Confirmation is based on the apprehension of many former members of the armed forces of Colombia. It is…
Another Covid-19 State of Emergency is likely in Tokyo: Pointless Olympics Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times According to reports Tokyo is bracing itself for its fourth State of Emergency. This concerns the recent upturn in daily coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the capital city of Japan. Therefore, with over 900 daily coronavirus cases…
Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in Port-au-Prince Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The nation of Haiti is bedeviled by rampant poverty, corruption, criminality, and political upheaval. Hence, the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse is sending shockwaves along with fear and further chaos. Moïse took office in Haiti in 2017. However, like leaders…
Japan mutes 5,000 Olympic spectator cap: Covid-19 upturn in Tokyo and IOC privilege Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The daily upturn in new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Tokyo is limiting the desire of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of allowing more spectators at…
Tokyo election result: Three top parties connected to LDP by stealth Sawako Utsumi and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The outcome of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) sums up the Japanese political system. This concerns the dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) apart from a few minor blips over the decades. Therefore, the…
4 deaths confirmed from Shizuoka mudslides: Many still missing Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times Search and rescue teams are still looking for many missing people in the city of Atami, in Shizuoka. This concerns the mudslides that hit Atami after torrential rainfall on Saturday. Chiba and Kanagawa also witnessed torrential rain that…
Tokyo elections: The strange farce of LDP versus LDP via another name Kanako Mita and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Local elections in Tokyo are being held for the metropolitan assembly today. Yet the political farce continues, whereby the two main parties in Tokyo are all but the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Irrespective of…
Tokyo Covid-19 daily week-on-week increase reaches 14 days Kanako Mita and Sawako Utsumi Modern Tokyo Times The daily week-on-week increase of coronavirus (Covid-19) in Tokyo reached 14 consecutive days. This is extremely worrying for the Tokyo Olympics that set to commence later this month. Yuriko Koike, the Tokyo Governor, recently returned to work after health…
Mudslides hit Shizuoka after torrential rain hits Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka Kanako Mita and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times The prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka have been hit by torrential rain. Hence, evacuation orders have been implemented in parts of these prefectures. Atami City, in Shizuoka, was hit by horrendous mudslides. Thus many houses…
Tokyo Olympics and dithering: Covid-19 increasing again in Tokyo Sawako Utsumi and Kanako Mita Modern Tokyo Times The unpopular Tokyo Olympic countdown is three weeks away. However, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, and the International Olympics Committee (IOC) can’t decide if any internal spectators are allowed. Therefore, despite coronavirus (Covid-19) cases…
Unemployment increases in Japan while political elites focus on the Olympics Kanako Mita and Sawako Uchida Modern Tokyo Times The government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is wasting too much energy and time on focusing on preserving the Olympics. Thus, endless State of Emergencies to quasi-measures are never-ending in the worst-hit parts of Japan. Therefore,…
Tokyo Olympics: India to the United Kingdom face more daily Covid-19 tests Kanako Mita and Noriko Watanabe Modern Tokyo Times The government of Japan, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) all understand the unpopularity of the Olympics. This concerns the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis and related economic convulsions. Therefore, with…
