Experts: Vigilance Needed After 4-day Holiday

Experts: Vigilance needed after 4-day holiday

Experts have maintained the coronavirus alert level for Tokyo at the second highest on a four-point scale, and warned that vigilance is needed over the effects of the four-day holiday through Tuesday.

Officials of the Tokyo metropolitan government and experts on public health and infectious diseases met on Thursday to assess the coronavirus situation.

Ioc Chief: Safe Environment Needed For Tokyo 2020

IOC chief: Safe environment needed for Tokyo 2020

The head of the International Olympic Committee has stressed that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics can only be held in a safe environment for all participants.

IOC President Thomas Bach held a news conference on Wednesday after an online executive board meeting.

Study: Room Ventilation Needed To Fight Covid-19

Study: Room ventilation needed to fight COVID-19

Researchers using Japan's latest supercomputer say they have found that some face masks can help block viral droplets, but thorough room ventilation is still needed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

A team from the RIKEN research institute led by Kobe University Professor Tsubokura Makoto studied the effectiveness of masks against viral droplets emitted by others while sneezing, coughing or other means. They used the next-generation supercomputer Fugaku.

Support Still Needed 2 Years Since Mass Flooding

Support still needed 2 years since mass flooding

Monday marks two years since torrential rains devastated large parts of western Japan. As of Wednesday last week, a total of 305 people have died or remain missing in 14 prefectures due to the disaster.

An NHK survey shows that 222 out of the total 296 deaths were directly caused by the disaster, such as landslides and flooding. The other 74 people died later from causes related to the disaster, such as health problems. The figure is up 22 from a year earlier.

Abe: Decision On 2020 Games May Be Needed

Abe: Decision on 2020 Games may be needed

Japan's prime minister has said postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics may have to be considered if it is difficult to hold the Games in a complete form.

Shinzo Abe made the remark at a Diet committee session on Monday. He was commenting on the decision of the International Olympic Committee to start discussing what steps to take regarding the Games amid the coronavirus outbreak, including possible postponement.

Abe: Decision On Tokyo Games May Be Needed

Abe: Decision on Tokyo Games may be needed

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics may have to be considered if the Games cannot be held in a complete form.

Abe made the remark at a Diet panel on Monday after the International Olympic Committee said it will start discussing how to handle the Games, including their possible postponement due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

Doctor: Symptoms Mild, But Caution Needed

Doctor: Symptoms mild, but caution needed

A doctor who treated people infected with the new coronavirus says symptoms are relatively mild but measures should be taken to protect vulnerable people.

Satoshi Kutsuna of Japan's National Center for Global Health and Medicine spoke to NHK about his experience treating five patients.

Abe: Restraint Needed To Ease Us-iran Tensions

Abe: Restraint needed to ease US-Iran tensions

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he will make further diplomatic efforts to help ease the tensions between the United States and Iran.

Abe told reporters on Thursday morning that Japan has strongly urged all the parties concerned to exercise restraint, and that his country values diplomacy based on self-control.