Tokyo s oldest stone bridge to reopen in April Tokyo s oldest remaining stone bridge from the late 1800s, which was damaged during a deadly earthquake of March 2011 that devastated Japan s northeastern region, has been restored to its double-arched glory and will reopen in April, officials said Tuesday.
Pedestrians will be able to cross the historical Tokiwa Bridge, which links the capital s Chiyoda and Chuo wards over the Nihonbashi River, from mid-April following the completion of work in the surrounding area, Chiyoda Ward s roads and parks division said.
Workers had been carefully restoring the bridge, originally built in 1877, after it was dismantled following the catastrophic earthquake due to fears it would collapse.
Japan s main parties agree to withdraw coronavirus punishments from law revision proposals
January 28, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
The National Diet building is seen in this file photo taken in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 28, 2017. (Mainichi/Junichi Sasaki) TOKYO Japan s main ruling and opposition parties have agreed that proposed new punishments that were set to be included in a bill to revise the infectious disease control law as part of coronavirus measures will be withdrawn, it has emerged. An agreement to remove the criminal penalty provisions was reached on the morning of Jan. 28 at a meeting in the National Diet building between the diet affairs chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Hiroshi Moriyama, and his main opposition counterpart Jun Azumi of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
Non-regular worker s sudden plunge into poverty exposes Japan s toxic labor environment
January 28, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Yoshihide Suga, then a candidate for prime minister, is seen at a candidates debate for the Liberal Democratic Party Presidential Election at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo s Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 12, 2020. The board in his hand roughly translates to Self-help, mutual assistance and public support. Then bonds. A complete change in regulations. (Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi) Recently, a 42-year-old Japanese woman with a degree from a junior college, whose career has been a series of non-regular jobs, suddenly found she was facing real poverty circumstances she always thought had no relation to her life. When I realized, I only had 103 yen ($0.99) to my name. I didn t even have money for the train fare for my commute to work starting on Jan. 4, she said.
A user works under blue skies at a desk situated on the roof terrace of a building offering shared office space in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Jan. 25. (Hiroyuki Yamamoto)
Teleworkers dreaming of enjoying the fresh air and being out under blue skies are waking up to find themselves tapping away at their laptops atop a roof terrace amid high-rises in central Tokyo.
The six-story building, Nagatacho Grid, in the capital’s Chiyoda Ward, started offering work space for those working from home during the novel coronavirus pandemic on Jan. 26.
The building, which offers shared office space with a floor space of 1,000 square meters, is managed by Gaiax Co., a provider of marketing support on social media.