China appears to be taking advantage of the USS Theodore Roosevelt being crippled by the coronavirus by sending an aircraft carrier and fighter jets close to the disputed territory of Taiwan over the weekend. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the Liaoning, China’s first operational aircraft carrier, and five accompanying warships passed first through the Miyako Strait, … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Robots stand in for university students during graduation in Japan while they self-isolate at home during the coronavirus pandemic Robots were used to stand in for students at a graduation ceremony in Japan Tablets were placed on the robots’ heads that let students project their faces Students who attended the ceremony controlled the robots movements … Read more
Japan is poised to announce a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other regions as the country’s coronavirus crisis escalates. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the measures will be announced in detail Tuesday, and will include increased social distancing but stop short of hard lockdowns of the kind in place in Europe. Abe also … Read more
Businesses have begun issuing staff with face masks as pressure grows on the government to change its policy on them. Advice from Public Health England and the World Health Organisation currently states that face masks are not an effective way to protect against the virus. However countries like Austria and Slovenia have demanded citizens wear … Read more
Countries advising its people to wear face masks to stop the spread of coronavirus have had lower rates of infection, data shows. While other measures will affect results such as testing and social distancing, it is clear that many Asian countries where face masks have been widely worn are suffering fewer cases of Covid-19. Hong … Read more
Wearing surgical face masks in public may have helped slow the coronavirus crisis – despite Britons being repeatedly told they were pointless. Experts say a full-scale outbreak in the UK could have been prevented if millions of masks had been issued – which has been the case in South Korea and Japan. The British Government … Read more
Shares in Britain’s biggest companies were dragged lower today after banks slashed their dividends and the US warned hundreds of thousands of Americans might die in the pandemic. The FTSE 100 dropped as much as 4.5 per cent or 257 points to 5,414 in early trading – before settling about 3.5 per cent or 200 … Read more
A Japanese drug company has begun the final stages of human trials for its flu therapeutic for treating coronavirus, it announced Tuesday. Fujifilm’s Toyama Chemical branch makes a drug called Avigan, which is approved in Japan for stopping the flu virus from replicating in the body. Researchers with the company think it may well have … Read more
Tinsley Mortimer reveals her destination wedding to fiancé Scott Von Kluth is on hold due to COVID-19 By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 17:50 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 17:50 BST, 31 March 2020 Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, The Real Housewives of New York City star Tinsley Mortimer was forced to put … Read more
The bizarre competition in Japan that sees exquisite mini gardens built on the back of TRUCKS The annual Kei Truck Garden Contest sees landscaping taken to the next level Competition entrants only have hours to transform their trucks into gardens Judges mark entrants on planning, design, expression and execution By Paul Hirons For Mailonline Published: 18:58 … Read more
Medical evacuation plane kills eight as it explodes in ball of flames during take-off from Philippine capital Manila Lion Air flight was heading from Manila to Haneda, Japan, at 8pm on Sunday Six on board were Filipino with one from America and another from Canada Plane was being used by health department to fight the … Read more
Japan Airlines ditches compulsory high heels and skirts for its 6,000 female cabin crew after equality campaign by feminists Feminist campaigners gathered 32,000 signatures to change the uniform rules From next month, female cabin crew can wear trousers and flat shoes at work The airline said the new rules will promote a ‘diverse working environment’ … Read more