Salesforce and Fujitsu join hands over digital healthcare solutions for the Japanese market
Salesforce and Fujitsu have announced the beginning of their collaboration for creating new digital solutions to back the Japanese healthcare sector. These two companies will look to promote the initiative by using Fujitsu’s long expertise in handling of pharmaceutical and medical data, as well as its computing technologies combined with...
Read moreJapan manages to secure 43.6 million yen that it had mistakenly paid to a citizen from COVID funds
In Yamaguchi, a town located in West Japan, the local government erringly paid 46.3 million yen (approximately $343,800) to a household as a part of Corona subsidies. After realizing the mistake, the government has recovered the payment in totality after it secured the outstanding 3.4 million yen ($25,000). The Municipal...
Read moreAs COVID fears recede, Japan welcomes 1300 tourists
A government agency in Japan revealed on Friday that more than 1,300 individuals have filed for guided tour visas to visit the nation since the country began visa processes to welcome select leisure travellers from outside a week ago. More than 300 requests have been submitted for the month of June,...
Read moreJapan to open to tourists after 2 years but only with masks, insurance, guides
On Tuesday, the Japanese government said that visitors to the country will be required to take out private health insurance, wear masks, and always have a chaperone with them. tour package tourists only will be allowed during the reopening of the first phase, beginning on June 10th, as the Japan...
Read moreA Town’s Covid Money Was Sent to One Man in Error. He Gambled It All Away
A rural Japanese town had been looking forward to a $775 stimulus payment part of the coronavirus pandemic programme for the better part of April. A municipal official’s oversight resulted in the entire $360,000 Covid relief budget for Abu ending up in the hands of a single low-income family. Police...
Read moreJapan considers resuming tourism discount as Covid eases
In an attempt to help the tourism industry recover from the Covid-19 slump, the government of Japan is taking into consideration, restarting a national travel discount campaign by the end of the June. Bringing back ‘Go To Travel’ campaign is expected to be a significant step towards reviving the...
Read moreJapan Reports 130,000 New COVID-19 Cases in Past Week
This past week, Japan recorded almost 130,000 new coronavirus infections, which is a decrease of 60,890 cases from the previous week. As of 10 a.m. local time (1 a.m. GMT) on Monday, the incidence of COVID-19 cases across the country was at 8,949,946, including all cruise ship travellers. This represents...
Read moreJapan tax official arrested over COVID-19 aid fraud
According to news and police sources, one of Japan’s top tax officials has been detained in connection with a COVID-19 aid fraud network that is believed to have cost the general public $1.5 million. The 24-year-old and his friends are allegedly suspected of employing trickery to convince others to...
Read moreTom Cruise in Japan? Okay. Ordinary tourists in Japan? Not okay.
Report from Tokyo. Considering that Tom Cruise, Kanye West, and members of K-pop group Super Junior are all cast in the same film, it may appear like they have nothing in common. Several international musicians have recently arrived in Japan because of the strict border barrier there. When it comes...
Read moreTourists on Japan’s package tour trial tests positive for COVID-19
A foreign traveller on a package tour trial in Oita Prefecture tested positive for coronavirus, the tourism office announced Monday. Kyodo News reports that the Thai tourists were tested after one complained of a sore throat. Cancelled tour. The person, who has no fever, will be quarantined in a converted COVID-19...
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