Private sector starts handling parking violations

Private sector starts handling parking violations

TOKYO, Japan - Private-sector patrollers check parking violations in Tokyo's Shibuya District on June 1 as 102 municipalities across Japan and 12 wards in Tokyo tighten a crackdown on such violations with the new system introduced under the revised Road Traffic Law.

GLOBALink | "Angels in white" fighting in Shanghai

STORY: "Angels in white" fighting in Shanghai DATELINE: May 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of nurses and doctors 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): RUAN XIAOXIAO, Head of a nucleic acid testing team aiding Shanghai 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG SUQING, Deputy head of a nucleic acid testing team aiding Shanghai 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG YUETAO, Member of a nucleic acid testing team aiding Shanghai 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SUN BO, Member of a nucleic acid testing team aiding Shanghai STORYLINE: The International Nurses Day falls on May 12. Nurses and doctors have been at the core of the COVID-19 response, providing life-saving care and tireless efforts. In China's economic hub Shanghai, these "angels in white" stay on the frontline to fight the latest COVID-19 resurgence. They are working at the ICU wards, nucleic acid testing labs, makeshift hospitals and more. Meanwhile, thousands of medics have rushed here to aid the megacity. Many of them have ri

Private sector starts handling parking violations

Private sector starts handling parking violations

TOKYO, Japan - Private-sector patrollers check parking violations in Tokyo's Shibuya District on June 1 as 102 municipalities across Japan and 12 wards in Tokyo tighten a crackdown on such violations with the new system introduced under the revised Road Traffic Law. (Kyodo)

KDDI to add 3-D image service to 'EZ Navi Walk' system

KDDI to add 3-D image service to 'EZ Navi Walk' system

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. said Monday it will offer three-dimensional images (in handout photo) for the ''EZ Navi Walk'' navigation service of its ''au'' mobile phone service, starting in late April. The new service will offer 3-D images of buildings and other objects within a radius of 50 meters from major intersections in Tokyo's 23 wards as well as 12 major cities including Sapporo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka, KDDI said. (Kyodo)