Japan's Lower House has passed a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year to tackle soaring prices. The bill was sent to the Upper House.
The budget passed on Tuesday totals about 28.9 trillion yen, or about 209 billion dollars, including funding for measures to ease the burden of surging electricity and gas bills for households and companies.
Tokyo is set to open its second medical facility dedicated specifically for COVID-19 patients with mild or moderate symptoms.
The hospital, which is a renovated healthcare facility in Fuchu City, will begin operations on December 16 as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center.
A prominent infectious disease expert in Japan is warning that the country is in the midst of second wave of the coronavirus outbreak. The alarm comes as the number of seriously ill patients has been rising.
The western prefecture of Osaka reported 187 new cases on Wednesday ... the most among the country's 47 prefectures. There were 65 seriously ill patients as of Tuesday ... more than double the figure for Tokyo.
A second group of experts from Japan is set to leave for Mauritius on Wednesday to help reduce the environmental impact of an oil spill from a Japanese-owned bulk carrier.
The team of seven includes experts from the National Institute for Environmental Studies and the Environment Ministry. They are being dispatched at the request of the Mauritian government to help assess the impact on the local eco-system of the oil leakage from the ship.
The Japanese government has released revised figures for the January-to-March GDP. They show the country's economy shrinking at an annualized rate of minus 2.2 percent in real terms.
The number released by the Cabinet Office is the same as the previous figure. The latest revision includes economic data that was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Japanese business leaders have weighed in on what they are hoping for from Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko after she won a second term in Sunday's election.
The Chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, says Japan is entering a critical stage. Nakanishi Hiroaki says the governor should focus on containing the coronavirus and putting the economy back on track.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko has won a second term after Sunday's voting. Koike laid out what she wants to accomplish over the coming years. She said her most urgent priority is fighting the coronavirus.
She said, "Under the nationwide state of emergency declaration, we asked almost all businesses in Tokyo to close down. But these days we know more about where and how the virus has been spreading. So we don't plan to ask all businesses to close down again. Instead, we will consider another effective measure to contain the spread of infection."
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko is poised to lead the capital through another four years. Ballot-counting is still underway in Sunday's election, which was shaped by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
In an interview soon after NHK projected her victory, Koike made fighting the virus her most urgent priority.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko is poised to lead the capital through another four years.
Ballot-counting is still underway in an election shaped by Tokyo's response to the coronavirus.
Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko is projected to win a second term following Sunday's vote. Koike has made an online address.
Koike said, "I would like to extend my heartfelt appreciation for the support that has been given to me. This will be an important second term for me. I feel the heavy responsibility. "
Tamura Atsushi (46) of London Boots 1-gou 2-gou has announced the birth of his second daughter.
Japanese lawmakers have passed a second supplementary budget to blunt the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Upper House approved the bill on Friday. The package is worth a record 31.9 trillion yen, or almost 300 billion dollars.
Japan's labor ministry is tackling a second data leak from an online system for businesses applying for coronavirus subsidies.
The system was launched on May 20 but was suspended hours later after officials learned that the personal details of applicants were exposed.
The marriage seems so right you wonder what took so long. Honda's hybrid powertrain is excellent and the CR-V is its best-selling model, yet the 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid is only just arriving in dealers now. That's four years after this current CR-V generation was introduced, three years after the hybrid powertrain debuted in the Accord, two years after it was applied to the Insight (which is basically a Civic Hybrid) and five years since the first-generation Toyota RAV4 Hybrid was introduced.
The current RAV4 Hybrid is now Toyota's best-selling hybrid, and it would be shocking if this new CR-V Hybrid doesn't do the same trick for Honda. The powertrain is available on every trim level, effectively an option commanding a $1,225 premium over a comparable all-wheel-drive CR-V. That's impressively reasonable given its fuel economy advantage, added performance, agreeable drivability and lack of practical drawbacks.