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Tokyo reports 15,895 new cases as capital nears key emergency threshold.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 15,895 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday as the capital neared a key threshold for requesting a virus state of emergency.
The occupancy rate for hospital beds for coronavirus patients in Tokyo also jumped, rising to 48.5% and nearing the 50% threshold for the metropolitan government to request the central government declare a state of emergency.
North Korea tests possibly longest-range missile since 2017.
North Korea on Sunday fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since U.S. President Joe Biden took office, as it revives its old playbook in brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington and neighbors amid a prolonged stalemate in diplomacy.
Japanese officials said the missile, based on their initial assessment of its flight path, potentially reached a maximum altitude of 2,000 kilometers and traveled 800 kilometers before landing in the sea.
Gunman killed doctor after he refused to ‘revive’ dead mother.
A man who fatally shot a doctor because he refused to try to resuscitate his dead mother told police he contemplated killing other staff from the clinic as well as himself, according to investigative sources.
“I lost all hope for my future after my mother’s death, so I thought about killing not just myself, but also the doctor and other members of the staff,” he was quoted as saying.
Survey on technical trainees' financial situation in Japan begins.
Japan has commenced a survey to grasp the financial situations of foreign technical trainees as money problems seem to be the reason many abruptly leave their host firms, a government official said.
The Immigration Services Agency of Japan and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare began gathering the information of 2,000 trainees across the country, including on the pay they receive at workplaces and the amount they owe in relocation expenses.
Japan was top tweet removal requestor in 1st half of 2021: Twitter.
Japan was the top requestor to Twitter Inc. to have online posts removed in the first half of 2021, making up 43 percent of all legal demands received from across the world during the period, the company said in a recent report.
The latest biannual transparency report by the U.S. social media giant showed court orders and other formal demands from governmental entities and lawyers representing individuals to remove content totaled 43,387 between January and June last year, with 18,518 of them coming from Japan.
Southwest Japan high schoolers recite original poem about peace on anniversary of nuke treaty.
High school students in Kumamoto Prefecture who collect signatures for a petition seeking the abolition of nuclear weapons recited a poem in this city on Jan. 22 about peace that one of them wrote, one year from the day that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons went into effect.
The high schoolers argued that "atomic bombs were made by people, and were dropped on people. That's precisely why they can be eliminated through people's wills."
Japanese Olympic team heads for Beijing.
With just five days to go until the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Japanese Olympic team has left for China.
Eighty-three Olympians and officials left Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Sunday. They include speed skater Takagi Miho, who is also the team's captain, and Kodaira Nao, another speed skater who is looking to win a gold medal for the second Games in a row.
China's Olympic apps may have security flaw.
Security experts are warning of security flaws in a smartphone app that is mandatory for participants in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Athletes, officials and reporters are required to use the app to keep track of their health conditions as part of coronavirus prevention measures.
But researchers at the University of Toronto say it has a vulnerability that allows third parties to extract data. They also say it is unclear how Chinese authorities plan to use the data collected by the app.
Table tennis: Olympic medalist Mima Ito wins 3rd national singles title.
Olympic mixed doubles champion Mima Ito won her third singles title and first in three years at Japan's national table tennis championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
The reigning Olympic women's singles bronze medalist, Ito teamed up with Hina Hayata to win the women's doubles national title at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Saturday then defeated her partner in the singles final a day later.
