Balitang Japan

magsisimula ang voting sa Chiba Prefecture ngayong 21st March. Sino-sino nga ba ang tatakbo sa gubernatorial at Chiba city mayor elections? kilalanin natin sila. photo: Tokyo Shimbun for Governor: Toshihito Kumagai (43) left, former Chiba City Mayor and former Chian city council. Rie Kanamitsu (57)middle, former Cram school teacher and former activist (when her 20s). Masayuki Seki (41) right, a lawyer and member of Chiba city council. for City Mayor: https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/90258?rct=chiba

  Photo: Asahi Mayroong 6 na grade school students at 1 school teacher ng Asaka Elementary School sa Saitama ang nabalian ng ngipin dahil sa matigas na Udon na kanilang kinain sa paaralan noong march 11.  3 sa 6 na bata ay dinala sa ospital upang gamutin. Mayroon ding ibang bata ng nagkasugat-sugat ang mga bibig nito dahil sa udon na kinain. kahit daw matigas ang Men, wala naman daw itong masamang epekto sa katawan ng mga bata. source: Asahi Shimbun

Photo: Nikkei Asia Tinawag na QUAD Alliance o Quadrilateral security dialogue ang Japan, US, Australia, at India matapos itong mag meeting noong march 13,2021 upang pag-usapan ang maraming isyu na hinahanap ngayon. Present sa virtual meeting si Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, at si Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ito ang ka una-unahang meeting ng QUAD Alliance. Base sa report ng CNN, nais ni President Biden na "Unite" ang kaninang malalakas na allies upang hanapin ang China na resolba ang problemang Dispute. Patuloy at aktibo pa rin ang China sa kanilang ginagawang Territorial claims across the Indo-Pacific  Ito ang mga Major Points na napag-usapan: > free and open Indo-Pacific  > Ang importansya ng pagbabalik ng Democracy sa Myanmar > Pagresolba sa problemang "Comfort women" sa Japan at North Korea > kooperasyon ng 4 na bansa sa pagkuha ng COVID-19 Vaccine upang ipamahagi sa Ind

  Photo: kyodo Vaccine Czar taro Kono announced today in the press that Japan will receive 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from US company Pfizer in June. 100 million doses will be enough for 50 million people which is one third of Japan population. Source: Kyodo

 Matagumpay ang isinagawang transplant surgery ng mga doktor at researcher gamit ang iPS cell sa Kobe Eye Center Hospital, Kobe City, Japan. Ito ang kauna-unahang transplant surgery na nagtagumpay. Natapos ang operation sa isang oras lamang.  Gumawa ang mga researcher ng isang retinal pigment Epithelium gamit ang iPS Cell at nilagay sa mata ng pasyenteng mayroong eye injuries.  Photo of retinal pigment Epithelium by ResearchGate Dagdag pa ng ospital, within 5 years susubukan din nila ang clinical study (transplant surgency) sa 50 kataong may sakit sa mata. Sabi ng ospital, optimistic sila na magtagumpay ang sinasagawang study upang mabigyang ang lahat ng may saki ¥t sa mata ng "have hope in the future".  source: Kobe Shimbun, ResearchGate

Photo: Britannica Japan Prime Minister Suga announced today (Friday) he plans to visit Washington in April.  He plans to talk with President Biden to tackle to strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance and affirm close coordination over pandemic and increasingly assertive China (myanmar, hong-kong etc.). Source: Kyodo 

  photo: USNews Fumio Kishida, a member of Liberal democratic Party in Japan, proposed a new economic policy yesterday (march 10) during the meeting with Prime Minister Suga. Proposed: > To fully use the government emergency fund for the year of 2020 and 2021  > To redistribute relief package to the affected individuals > To support "GO TO MANABI NAOSHI" campaign for non-full time or irregular employees > To study the effectivity of last year relief package distributed Source: Yomiuri Shimbun

  Daiichi Sankyo announced yesterday (march 10) that the COVID-19 Vaccine they are developing with University of Tokyo will enter into special examination within this month. Age 20 to 75 will be part of this study. Daiichi Sankyo and University of Tokyo COVID-19 Vaccine will be the third (among 4) vaccine to be developed in Japan. Source: Yomiuri Shimbun

Basic information of The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami or The Great East Japan Earthquake When: March 11, 2011 2:46pm Epicenter: 24 kilometers depth and Magnitude 9.0 Duration: 6 minutes Affected areas: S ignificant damage mainly to Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures Death: 15, 899 people Missing: 2,526 people House Damage: 40,5117 Evacuees: 41,241 Source: Yomiuri Shinbun, 

“Smartphone Payment service” is done by Oricon me on september 1, 2020.   The criteria of the survey:  Easy Sign up, Point service, Payment usefulness, App’s usefulness, Support service and Security.

The 33th Company Brand Image survey is conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Nikkei Advertising Institute.  Current news of the companies mentioned above: Toyotaトヨタ自動車 Toyota ranks 1st among numerous global companies.  Toyota Motor Corp.’s fiscal third quarter profit totaled 838.7 billion yen ($8 billion), up from 559 billion yen the previous year. Although its business operations are still suffering because of the pandemic, cost cuts and other efforts including online marketing campaigns helped boost its bottom line, Toyota executive Kenta Kon told reporters. Global vehicles sales are rebounding in the latest quarter, with Toyota selling more vehicles in the U.S., Japan and Europe, compared to the previous fiscal year (Asahi Shimbun). Toyota now is exploring another renewable energy such as Hydrogen for automobile. Toyota debuts a new car called “Mirai” or "Future" in English. While many companies are shifting from gasoline to electric, Toyota has different strategy. They in