Five Vietnamese sailors among 13 missing in Japan
Five Vietnamese sailors and eight other crew members onboard a Belize-flagged cargo ship are missing after the vessel collided with a fishing boat off Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Aomori late Saturday (Feb 29).
21:48 | 02/03/2020
COVID-19 outbreak: Japanese experts suggest avoiding indoor crowds
A team of experts at Japan's health ministry say they found that most of the new coronavirus infections were spread in a closed environment where the air tends to be stagnant, reported public broadcaster NHK.
20:52 | 02/03/2020
Japan medical university issues coronavirus prevention handbook
A Japanese medical university has published an online handbook that explains how people can protect themselves from the new coronavirus, public broadcaster NHK reported.
17:58 | 26/02/2020
Multilingual information hotlines launched in Japan amid coronavirus worries
Japan’s authorities in some prefectures where people are confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are providing multilingual information services for foreigners visiting or living in Japan, NHK reported.
22:30 | 24/02/2020
Two elderly passengers of coronavirus-wracked cruise ship in Japan die
Two passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died and 29 people were in a serious condition, Japanese media reported on Thursday (Feb 20).
12:21 | 20/02/2020
780 coronavirus cases outside mainland China: NHK
Outside mainland China, a total of 780 people is now confirmed to have been infected with the new coronavirus in 28 countries and territories.
11:06 | 17/02/2020
Vietnamese community in Higashikawa (Japan) welcomes Lunar New Year
Overseas Vietnamese community in Higashikawa, Hokkaido (Japan) has held a ceremony to welcome the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, a Government official and NHK national television reported.
16:49 | 29/01/2020
