Myanmar residents in Japan protest the military coup in their homeland in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Feb. 1. (Provided by Myint Swe)
A group of about 1,000 Myanmar nationals living in Japan protested the Feb. 1 military coup in their homeland in front of the United Nations University in the capital’s Shibuya Ward that same day.
The protest drew Myanmar nationals from outside Tokyo as far as Gunma Prefecture, Nagoya and elsewhere, as well as residents of the capital, who chanted, “Give us the democracy we wish for” outside the university and slammed the coup.
In Japan, pandemic deals fatal blow to arcades
Tomoki Masuda, The Japan News
Jan. 20, 2021
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The last few customers are seen on Saturday in Game Spot 21 in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. The arcade had been outfitted with plastic sheets as a preventive measure against the coronavirus.Japan News-Yomiuri
Game arcades in Tokyo have been falling like dominoes amid the coronavirus pandemic, left no choice but to close after what for some have been decades in operation.
Despite growing demand for videogames now that the world has moved indoors, social distancing measures have caused foot traffic to plummet at brick-and-mortar game centers, commonly located in the city s once-bustling downtown entertainment districts.
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Kyodo Jan 5, 2021
A woman was killed and five other people were injured Monday when a taxi driven by a 73-year-old man hit a group of pedestrians on a crosswalk in Tokyo, police said.
The vehicle hit the six people on a busy road in the capital’s Shibuya Ward at around 7 p.m., when the driver, Heiji Aizawa, failed to stop at a traffic light, the police said.
Japan s news media needs to bark more as gov t watchdog: former NYT bureau chief
January 18, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Martin Fackler is seen standing on a street corner in Ebisu, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 30, 2020. (Mainichi/Taro Fujii) TOKYO 2020 is over, and a new year has begun. With the government s performance in question following issues including the declaration of a state of emergency shortly after the New Year holidays, what role is the media playing in overseeing the administration s actions? The Mainichi Shimbun spoke with Martin Fackler, a journalist and former Tokyo bureau chief for the New York Times who boasts years of experience reporting in Japan and China, about his new book The Dogs That Didn t Bark: Media Control in Abe s Japan, published by Futabasha Publishers, to find out more about the relationship between Japan s government and its media.
Supreme director bought stimulant drugs ‘from a foreigner’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on January 6, 2021
Yomiuri Shimbun (Jan. 5).
kakuseizai, or stimulant drugs, at a love hotel in Minato Ward.
On Tuesday, police sent the director to prosecutors over the alleged use of the banned substances. “I was tired and have job stress,” Omura told the Azabu Police Station. “I took a capsule in my hotel room. I bought it a month before from a foreigner.”
Early on December 18, an officer on patrol found Omura to be in possession of 1.1 grams of stimulant drugs, at a waiting area at the Alpha In.