Photo Credit: @ringoro119 As of March 2020, more and more companies across Japan are asking their employees to either change the time they commute to work or...
Although the weather is still chilly, my friends drove away, one after another, to their lakeside vacation homes in another prefecture, their station wagons loaded...
On April 8, Vivi Lin, a Taiwanese student studying infectious diseases in the United Kingdom, caused a stir on social media by publishing an open letter...
The Japanese government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Thursday evening, April 16, that the state of emergency will be extended to...
So, finally, the coronavirus crisis has forced Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a state of emergency and thereby enable a “soft” version of the...
Who would have thought that face masks could become such a controversial topic in Japan, and abroad! Wearing face masks has been a habit...
There are now a variety of articles and reports circulating that discuss whether or not viral activity of COVID-19 subsides when the weather warms...
Abnormal circumstances have called for education institutions from elementary through high school levels to close down for a month or more. The situation, caused by...
By his words and actions during the global coronavirus pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has shown that he is...
The global spread of the new coronavirus has dealt a monumental blow to the airline industry. Demand has dropped sharply due to travel restrictions imposed by...
Needless to say, in the battle to triumph over the novel coronavirus, an invisible enemy which has grown into a global pandemic, the timely and honest...
Japan has lost a lot of ground to China these past 20 years. Japan’s roaring economy used to be the world’s second biggest, after her...