Japan

The Asakusa Samba Carnival, a focus of last summer’s Tokyo, resumed Sunday after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with sounds of passionate Brazilian music and explosive drums filling a street in downtown Asakusa, drawing 300,000 spectators. More More than 2,500 people divided into 16 samba teams, many dressed in colorful clothes. . .

What effect has the dramatic decline in mobility due to the COVID-19 pandemic had on business performance?In our research, we rely on a survey of Japanese corporations conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic to. . .

The number of foreign personnel in Japan has increased in recent years. Now, amid the coronavirus outbreak and the fastest economic downturn since the 2008 currency crisis, many are struggling and a Tokyo-based NGO is running to respond to calls for help.

Racial tensions in the United States are as high as they have been for decades, and the global coronavirus pandemic appears to be worsening the scenario by fueling discrimination against Asians. NHK World correspondent Mochizuki Mami interviewed two academics about how Asian Americans are targeted and what they are doing to fight back.

The Japanese fitness government has begun rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine booster, amid growing fears about the new Omicron variant.

Japan recorded 1,301 new coronavirus cases on July 30, breaking a record set a day earlier, but the government has opted not to declare a second national state of emergency.

Nearly 30% of Japan’s prefectures have noticed crowds exceeding pre-coronavirus pandemic levels in. . .

Kishida’s government hopes to ease border controls until the end of February and be more selective with passengers coming from China, according to media reports – Anadolu Ajansi

A survey conducted in Japan found that about three-quarters of the country’s youth are showing symptoms of stress due to the coronavirus. Education officials are also concerned about pandemic-like discrimination and harassment.

The coronavirus worries others from all walks of life. But for single mothers in Japan, many of whom struggle to make ends meet even in the best-case scenario, the current scenario is particularly perilous.