Japan

Japan’s Ministry of Health has announced that an octogenarian infected with the novel coronavirus has died. She is the first known victim of the virus in Japan. The ministry says he lived in Kanagawa prefecture, on the border with Tokyo.

For others with COVID-19, overcoming physical symptoms is only part of the battle. They also face stigma, harassment, and anger from other members of the community, as well as their loved ones, classmates, and colleagues. And the challenge is most acute in rural areas where infection rates are low.

The unnamed underwater volcano began its latest round of eruptions on Oct. 21.

It’s a cloudy spring day when I arrive via the Shinkansen at Joetsu-Myoko Station in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The snow-capped peaks cross halos of blue spots in the distance. It’s almost 18°C, and yet my suitcase is groaning under the weight of winter wool.

The unnamed underwater volcano began its latest round of eruptions on Oct. 21.

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A TikTok video shows millions of times waves destroying cars and buildings in Israel as the country bombards the Gaza Strip in reaction to an attack by Hamas militants in October 2023. But the message clips are distorted; They show scenes from a tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011.

Takashi Yamazaki decided to bring out what he considers to be the necessarily Japanese spirituality that characterizes the 1954 original.