Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japan will declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus. Abe made the announcement in remarks to media televised live. More than 3,500 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Japan and 85 have died, Reuters reported. The numbers have been rising with particular alarm over the […]
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to declare a coronavirus emergency, according to the Nikkei, as new cases in the capital surged at a record pace. And while the Japanese publication notes that the government will hold an unofficial meeting of a panel of experts and start preparing for the declaration, Kyodo reported moments ago that Japan will declare a state of emergency on April […]
Tokyo set up on Thursday a new task force to fight the spread of coronavirus, but the economy minister said a state of emergency would not be declared for now. The new task force is a necessary step towards declaring an emergency. The announcement comes amid worries of spread in the community after the surge in Tokyo, where more than 45 new cases were reported overnight. […]
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said that the final decision on a postponement will be made in four weeks. Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in Japan has surpassed 1,000. Japan’s government is negotiating with the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games by a maximum of one year, the Sankei newspaper reported on Tuesday. According to the report, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107868/30/1078683038_0:308:3095:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_6911579dd50684d908fe77b53f874454.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202003231078683289-two-diamond-princess-passengers-die-of-coronavirus-in-japan/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Two more passengers from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship have died in Japan after contracting the disease, health authorities were cited as saying Monday. This brought the death toll among the people who boarded the ship to 10, according to the Kyodo news agency. The latest victims were reportedly Japanese citizens. Japan has strengthened measures […]
Tomohiro Ohsumi – Pool/Getty Images Japan’s Prime Minster, Shinzo Abe, gave the clearest indication yet that this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo will be postponed. In an address to Japan’s parliament Monday, the prime minister all but said that the Games will be pushed back. “If I’m asked whether we can hold the Olympics at this point in time, I would have to say that the world […]
Uncertainty Haunts The Future Of Non-Proliferation Treaty And Disarmament By Tariq Rauf, Nuclearabolition.info March 21, 2020 Uncertainty Haunts The Future Of Non-Proliferation Treaty And Disarmament2020-03-212020-03-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/unitar_hiroshima_office_small.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Courtesy of UNITAR Hiroshima Office. HIROSHIMA (IDN)—August 6 and August 9 will mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No sentient human being who has met or seen the hibakusha (survivors), or visited the hypocentres in the two […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued instructions at a coronavirus taskforce meeting to compile concrete steps to urgently reopen schools as a new school year starts in April, Reuters said, citing a Jiji news agency report on Friday. Last month, Abe asked Japan’s entire school system, from elementary to high school, to close until spring break late in March to help contain the viral outbreak. Japanese […]
The deputy head of Japan’s Olympics Committee has coronavirus after reportedly experiencing a mild fever on Sunday after returning from a trip to Europe and the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal. Kozo Tashima, who is also the president of Japan’s Football Association, was in Orlando, Florida on March 5 where he watched the Japanese women’s soccer national team play against Spain. While in […]
Japan’s parliament on Friday approved a bill giving PM Shinzo Abe emergency powers that will let him close schools, halt large gatherings and requisition medical supplies as Japan tries to slow the coronavirus outbreak. The bill amends a 2012 law drawn up after a flu epidemic in 2009. It was approved by upper house lawmakers after the lower house passed the legislation on Thursday. Abe would […]
It is becoming clearer and clearer that the utter carnage going on in global markets appears to be some massive fund force-liquidating as every asset-class is getting destroyed despite jawboning from The Fed (as well as massive liquidity injections), ECB, Bank of Korea, Bank of Japan, and various politicians around the world. Dow futures are down over 400 points… (down 2300 points from the fed spike […]
Two men have been arrested in Tokyo for obtaining cryptocurrency linked to the massive hack of Japan’s Coincheck exchange in 2018. As reported by Jiji Press Wednesday, the men were held by the Metropolitan Police Department for allegedly obtaining NEM that were the suspected proceeds of crime – illegal under the law relating to punishment of organized crime. One of the two arrested – who are […]
Several weeks after Japan started canceling sport and cultural events amid the broadening of the Covid-19 outbreak, Japanese Olympic organizers discussed on Tuesday the possibility the Games could be postponed. Haruyuki Takahashi, one of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee’s executive board members, said the Games could be delayed for one or two years. Takahashi said canceling the Games would have significant financial ramifications. “I don’t think […]
Having blown over two trillion yen since October in purchasing stocks (ETFs) in the open market to “support Japan’s economy,” markets are rife with speculation the Band of Japan (BoJ) could pledge next week to buy ETFs at a faster pace than the current commitment to do so by roughly 6 trillion yen ($58.12 billion) per year. Following pressure from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, “Markets […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107853/18/1078531896_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_b1c548c2e5cc4ce5eb18b75e5c666b60.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202003101078531925-japan-to-jail-fine-price-gougers-reselling-face-masks-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ Beginning next week, those in Japan looking to profit off of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic by reselling face masks will be subject to a punishment of up to a year in prison and a $9,800 fine. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Tuesday that it had approved a new law that will punish price gougers who resell […]
Digital asset issuer Securitize has launched a tokenized platform aimed to encourage funding in under-invested real estate in rural Japan. Built in collaboration with Tokyo-based fintech firm LIFULL Social Funding, the crowdfunding platform has just finished undergoing joint tests, according to a Securitize blog post on Tuesday. Calling the project “very exciting”, Securitize CEO and co-founder Carlos Domingo said this was the beginning for both Securitize […]
Europe 15:33 GMT 08.03.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107851/26/1078512689_0:0:2293:1291_1200x675_80_0_0_6225d14eff316749bddefb5112edb094.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202003081078512731-coronavirus-cases-in-japan-rise-by-33-to-1189-over-past-24-hours–reports/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Japan has confirmed more than 1,100 cases of infection with the COVID-19 disease, more than a half of them from the virus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship. The number of coronavirus infections in Japan rose by 33 over the past 24 hours and the 14th person died from the virus-related complications, […]
Police in Ramallah have arrested a woman accused of shouting “corona, corona” at, and assaulting, a Japanese aid worker, in an incident connected to fears over the novel coronavirus. The incident took place on Sunday afternoon, involving a Palestinian woman, her daughter and two Japanese aid workers. In security camera footage, a Japanese woman can be seen holding a phone up, as if filming, as the […]
While over the past 24 hours, the US Federal Reserve appears to have gotten cold feet about intervening in the market and/or cutting rates, its Japanese peer had no such misgivings. AS a reminder, Friday saw Fed Chairman Powell step in with a rare public statement, in which he stated that “the coronavirus poses evolving risks to economic activity. The Federal Reserve is closely monitoring developments […]
San Francisco-based Coinbase is still preparing behind the scenes for a presence in the Japanese market. The popular cryptocurrency exchange, which previously applied for an operating license in the country, has now become a second-class member of the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) – the self-regulatory organization given the mandate to oversee the industry by the Financial Services Agency (FSA) in 2018. Announcing the news […]
Japan is currently grappling with multiple coronavirus outbreaks which are threatening the upcoming Olympic Games and now, amid rumours of surgical mask shortages, brawls are breaking out on the streets. Demand for masks has skyrocketed across Japan with shops and pharmacies selling out faster than they can replenish stocks, exacerbating an already tense situation. When word gets around about a new shipment on its way, queues […]
With the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics scheduled to begin on July 24, Japan has already started canceling sport and cultural events amid the broadening of the Covid-19 outbreak. Tokyo’s Yomiuri Giants baseball team is expected to play two preseason games in an empty stadium to minimize the transmission of the virus. The move comes as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered all sport and cultural events to […]
Overwhelmed by a flurry of ‘unsolved’ cases (that is, cases with no obvious connection to the outbreak in China, or anywhere else), Japanese health authorities announced on Tuesday a new plan intended to focus the country’s precious medical resources on the most serious cases, while advising those with mild symptoms to treat themselves at home. The approach differs markedly from the heavy handed tactics employed by […]
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, This past week saw a couple of interesting developments. On Wednesday, the Fed released the minutes from their January meeting with comments which largely bypassed overly bullish investors. “… several participants observed that equity, corporate debt, and CRE valuations were elevated and drew attention to high levels of corporate indebtedness and weak underwriting standards in leveraged loan markets. Some participants expressed the concern […]