LDP calls for expanding entry restrictions over coronavirus
February 7, 2020
Tokyo–The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday called for expanding the scope of entry restrictions on visitors to Japan from China to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Japan needs to strengthen its quarantine inspections for flights from China
Filipino with coronavirus in cruise ship responding to treatment: report
February 7, 2020
A Filipino seafarer who yested positive for the novel coronavirus on Diamond Princess cruise liner in Japan is in stable condition, GMA News TV reported Friday. Robespierre Bolivar, deputy chief of mission to the Philippine embassy told GMA News TV
(Update) Japan to shut out foreigners on cruise ships with infected people
February 7, 2020
Tokyo–Japan will basically refuse entry of foreign nationals aboard cruise ships if the vessels carry people infected with the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday. Abe announced the policy at a meeting of a government task force set
Seoul can’t intervene in sale of seized Japanese assets: Kang
February 7, 2020
Seoul–The South Korean government cannot step into the process of liquidating seized assets of Japanese companies following court rulings over wartime labor compensation, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Thursday. The asset sale is part of judicial procedures, Kang said at
4th Evacuation flight returns to Japan from Wuhan
February 7, 2020
Tokyo–The fourth charter plane sent to Wuhan, China, by the Japanese government returned to Tokyo on Friday morning, evacuating Japanese nationals and others from the Hubei Province capital at the center of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The flight carrying 198
(Update) Number of coronavirus cases on cruise ship off Japan jumps to 61
February 7, 2020
Tokyo–The number of confirmed infection cases of the new coronavirus on a cruise ship quarantined off Japan has jumped by 41 to 61, the health ministry said Friday. Of the 61, 28 are Japanese nationals, according to the ministry. The
Actress Sawajiri gets suspended sentence for drug possession
February 7, 2020
Tokyo–Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced Japanese actress Erika Sawajiri to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for possessing synthetic drugs. “She had a facile idea that it would be fine as long as nobody found out,” judge
EXCLUSIVE: “Special cases” eyed as exceptions to illegal download ban
February 7, 2020
Tokyo–Japan will accept “special cases” as exceptions in an envisaged bill to criminalize downloading of manga and other copyrighted content uploaded online without permission, Jiji Press learned Thursday. The bill to amend the copyright law will include a clause saying
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