March 12, 2021 Biden and leaders of Japan, Australia, India to unveil plans to boost coronavirus vaccine production President Biden and other leaders of nations in the "Quad" alliance will unveil an agreement to ramp up production of coronavirus vaccines in Southeast Asia in a first-of-its-kind virtual meeting Friday, according to senior administration officials with knowledge of the matter.
March 11, 2021 10 years after Fukushima disaster, cleaning damaged reactors could still take another 3 decades 10 years to the day after Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, experts say cleaning up the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors will still take another 30 years.
March 10, 2021 Torch relay among final hurdles for postponed Tokyo Olympics The Olympic torch relay is yet another hurdle for the postponed Tokyo Games. It kicks off in two weeks from northeastern Japan. Any stumble could sew more doubts about the risk of holding the Olympics in a pandemic.
March 8, 2021 Super Nintendo World in Japan sets opening date after months of delays Theme parks just got a power-up.
March 8, 2021 Rep. Michelle Steel: International Women’s Day – Rewriting ‘comfort women' history worsens horrors of abuse Harvard Professor J. Mark Ramseyer wrote an article – “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War” – about Korean comfort women that was criticized by individuals, organizations and groups around the world as factually inaccurate and misleading
March 5, 2021 NASA astronauts embark on 236th spacewalk at International Space Station Astronauts from NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have embarked on the year's fourth spacewalk to service the International Space Station.
March 3, 2021 Woman in Japan dies of brain hemorrhage after receiving COVID-19 vaccine, no link determined A 60-year-old woman in Japan—with no known underlying condition-- died days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, but the country’s health ministry said Tuesday that there is no known link to the jab, according to a report.
February 26, 2021 Burmese police arrest Japanese journalist covering anti-coup protest: report A Japanese journalist has been arrested by police in Burma in the first foreign press arrested since the country’s Feb. 1 military coup, according to a report.
February 20, 2021 Osaka tops Brady at Australian Open for 4th Grand Slam title Naomi Osaka grabbed six consecutive games to beat Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday.
February 18, 2021 Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president Seiko Hashimoto has appeared in seven Olympics, four in the winter and three in the summer — the most by any “multi-season” athlete in the games.