Nicholas Erin

Nicholas Erin12.09.2023

Japan is planning to reduce reviewing residency process for IT engineers from this autumn on. Applicants will be able to receive residency status within a month if they are hired inside National Strategic Special Zones. This process currently takes three months. Foreign white-collar workers must obtain status of residence before entering Japan. They also submit […]

Nicholas Erin09.11.2022

Ottawa has ruled three Chinese groups to get rid of their stakes in Canadian critical mineral companies after intelligence authorities reviewed their money posed a threat to national security. The announcement mirrors a notable hardening of Canada’s stance towards China. In particular, the government instructed Sinomine (Hong Kong) Rare Metals Resources, Chengze Lithium International and […]

Nicholas Erin31.08.2022

Japan`s government is considering restarting reactors and building next-generation new ones. The Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida (岸田文雄), announced he had administered a special government panel to research how “next-generation nuclear reactors equipped with new safety mechanisms” could help Japan in “green transformation” and achieving its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. A move to look […]

Nicholas Erin09.11.2021

Tokyo-based VLP Therapeutics Japan announced on October 18 that it plans to begin the final phase of clinical trials in the spring of 2022 and reach mainstream use by the end. The principle of the new vaccine is to use a new replicon technology [a replicon is a piece of DNA capable of autonomous double […]

Nicholas Erin19.07.2020

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Friday July 17th released a list of the first group of Japanese companies to be subsidized by the government to move production from China to other Southeast Asian countries or Japan. The first 87 companies or industry groups will receive a total of ¥70 billion ($653 million) […]

Nicholas Erin18.07.2020

Police are planning to stop handing the sweets of kids out this Halloween, but only because the gifts come from the yakuza, the biggest underworld organization in Japan. Yamaguchi-gumi gang members, based in the western port city of Kobe, have been distributing Halloween candy to local children most years since 2013. But local police, concerned […]

Nicholas Erin17.07.2020

Medical experts say they are confused at why the coronavirus cases have not declined in the hot summer months in Japan and warn of a “very dangerous” situation when the flu season arrives. More than 600 new coronavirus cases were reported across Japan on Thursday 16th July, the highest in three months, as Tokyo alone […]

Nicholas Erin12.07.2020

A national facility devoted to the Japan’s indigenous people, or the Ainu and their culture opened on Sunday 12 July in their ancestral region of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi has a museum, a hall for the performance of traditional Ainu dance and instrumental music, as well as a […]

Nicholas Erin11.07.2020

A group of scientists in Japan say their clinical study of the anti-flu drug Avigan, a candidate for treating COVID-19, could not confirm statistical significance regarding its effectiveness. Researchers at institutes including Fujita Health University (藤田医科大学, Fujita Ika Daigaku) in Aichi Prefecture (愛知県, Aichi-ken) conducted the study from March to check the […]

Nicholas Erin05.07.2020

France, Italy and a number of European countries have relaxed entry restrictions from Japan. As of Saturday, July 4, the two fellow G7 members along with the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Croatia, Latvia, Luxembourg and Cyprus had lifted measures blocking visits from Japan, according to government announcements or local media. Each country had imposed strict regulations […]

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Chinese companies cut from holdings in Canadian critical mines

Japan Returns to Nuclear Plants

Japanese vaccine is more effective and safer than competitors

Japan Announced 87 ‘China Exit’ Subsidies

Japan Police Seek to Deprive Children of Halloween Sweets

Uptick in Japan Infections Triggers Second Wave Fears

The Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park Opened

Study found no significant benefit Avigan

France and Italy lifts lockdown measures for visitors from Japan

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