Scientists develop new technique to reverse balding by transplanting hair cells into the scalp 

Scientists in Japan develop a new technique to reverse balding by transplanting a special kind of hair follicle cell into a patient’s scalp Scientists in Tokyo conducted a study on a new technique to reverse balding It involved taking cell samples from hair follicles in the back of the head  The cells were processed and … Read more

Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Kuril Islands and tsunami warning is issued for Hawaii

Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off the Kuril Islands as tsunami warning is issued for Hawaii A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck in the northern Pacific on Wednesday Tsunami warning was issued for shores on Russia ‘s far eastern Kuril Islands  Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said hazardous tsunami waves were possible  By Associated Press Published: 04:05 GMT, … Read more

Tokyo Olympics is postponed for a YEAR after Japan calls for delay due to coronavirus crisis 

The Tokyo Olympics has been postponed for a year after Japan called for a delay due to the coronavirus crisis.      The name of the delayed Olympics will still be Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said today, adding that the Games would be held by summer 2021. Koike made the comment to reporters after she … Read more

Tokyo Olympics to move to 2021: Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe confirms plans for a one-year delay

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more

Japanese city Shimabara reels in tourists thanks to beautiful koi carp swimming in the DRAINS

Fishy business: The Japanese city that reels in tourists thanks to beautiful koi carp swimming in the DRAINS Koi carp were introduced into the town of Shimabara, near Nagasaki, in 1978 The fish swim through over 100m of canals filled with natural spring water Tourists often ignore ‘do not feed the fish’ signs and stoop … Read more

Decision on postponing the Tokyo Olympics will be made in the next few days

A final decision on whether to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic will be taken in the coming days, as more countries call for a delay.  With pressure mounting every day, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach have scheduled a telephone conference at 11am today, the … Read more

Sebastian Coe calls for 2020 Olympic Games to be postponed amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more

Tokyo 2020 MUST be postponed warns senior Japanese Olympic Committee member

The Tokyo Olympics should be postponed, according to a senior member of the Japan Olympic Committee, adding her voice to a growing chorus calling for Tokyo 2020 to be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. ‘It should be postponed under the current situation where athletes can’t be well prepared,’ Kaori Yamaguchi, a JOC executive board … Read more

Drug being used to treat flu in Japan is ‘clearly effective’, Chinese officials say

A flu drug is ‘clearly effective’ in treating coronavirus, medical experts in China have claimed. Favipiravir, the active ingredient in a Japanese anti-flu medicine called Avigan, was trialled on 340 patients with the killer disease in China. Patients who took Favipiravir recovered quicker and showed greater lung improvement compared with patients not given the drug. … Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges the Olympics will go ahead as planned

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledges the Olympics will go ahead as planned despite other high-profile sporting events falling victim to coronavirus pandemic Abe said the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead as scheduled in July this year Donald Trump suggested yesterday that they should be postponed by a year Japan has so far reported more … Read more

Coronavirus: Japan’s Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto says Tokyo 2020 will go ahead

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Cancelling Tokyo 2020 is ‘inconceivable’, Japan’s Olympic minister says 

Cancelling Tokyo 2020 is ‘inconceivable’, Japan’s Olympic minister says… but warns the IOC will have to make ‘an appropriate decision’ Seiko Hashimoto said International Olympic Committee to make ‘final decision’ She added that from the ‘viewpoint of athletes’ a cancellation is ‘inconceivable’ Coronavirus epidemic has infected 581 and been linked to 12 deaths in Japan … Read more