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Suspension of travel promotion campaign across Japan

A signboard promoting the Japanese government's travel subsidy program for the coronavirus-hit domestic tourism industry is seen in front of a clothing shop on Tokyo's Ameyoko shopping street on Dec. 28, 2020. The government expanded the suspension the same day of the travel program across the country through Jan. 11 in response to the recent notable increase in coronavirus infections.

Suspension of travel promotion campaign across Japan

A couple walk in front of a Japanese-style inn in the Dogo Onsen hot spring resort in Matsuyama, western Japan, on Dec. 28, 2020. The Japanese government expanded the suspension the same day of the travel promotion program for the coronavirus-hit domestic tourism industry across the country through Jan. 11 in response to the recent notable increase in infections.

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. He said he would not issue a request for the closure of businesses at this time, but would request the government to establish penalties for businesses that do not respond to requests for closure under the special measures law. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on March 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. He said he would not issue a request for the closure of businesses at this time, but would request the government to establish penalties for businesses that do not respond to requests for closure under the special measures law. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on April 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. Photo shows Governor Koike at a press conference on July 15, 2020 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. Governor Koike said, "The metropolitan government is in a state of 'infection spread alert,'" and called on people to refrain from going out of the city and avoid using stores in downtown areas at night without adequate infection control measures. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on March 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. He said he would not issue a request for the closure of businesses at this time, but would request the government to establish penalties for businesses that do not respond to requests for closure under the special measures law. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on March 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. Photo shows Governor Koike at a press conference on July 15, 2020 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Thai gov't OKs restructuring of Thai Airways through bankruptcy court

File photo taken in June 2017 shows a Thai Airways International airplane at Japan's Narita airport. The Thai government approved on May 19, 2020, a plan for the national carrier to seek rehabilitation through a bankruptcy court, after the loss-making airline faced a sharp fall in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Court order to halt Ehime nuclear reactor

A banner reading "victory" is shown in front of the Hiroshima High Court on Jan. 17, 2020, after the court revoked a lower court decision and ordered Shikoku Electric Power Co. to halt the No. 3 reactor of the Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Momo enters smart city infrastructure

Momo is engaged in the development of IoT devices. Momo is engaged in the development of IoT devices. In the Fusio-dai area, a consortium of businesses, universities, and other organizations has been formed under the leadership of Momo, and has been exchanging opinions with residents twice a month with the aim of creating a smart city. The New Town is facing the issue of an aging population, and with a certain number of people living in a small area and limited entrances and exits, it was judged to be a suitable environment for the verification experiment. The project will be proposed to the local government as a project that directly reflects the needs of the residents, and a model will be established for the verification experiment, which will be expanded to other new towns from 2021. Fusio-dai area in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture, January 14, 2020 (Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Huawei sues U.S. over FCC restrictions

Song Liuping, chief legal officer of Huawei Technologies Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Shenzhen, China, on Dec. 5, 2019. Huawei has filed a lawsuit challenging a recent U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruling that bars U.S. carriers from using government subsidies to purchase the Chinese vendor's equipment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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