Tag: Japan
Athletics: Accompanied by anxious feelings – sport
On some days Gina Lückenkemper pulled weight plates around the canal in Bamberg, to the amusement of some passers-by. 2020 was a year of improvisation for the sprinter: from Clermont…
Huge mudslide destroys houses in Japan – Panorama
First there is torrential rain, then a massive mudslide breaks over the city of Atami. Thousands of households are called upon to get to safety. A huge mudslide as a…
Days of rain in Japan: Numerous missing people after landslide
Status: 03.07.2021 10:35 a.m. In Japan, a huge landslide has buried several houses under it. Rescue workers are looking for around 20 missing people in the coastal town of Atami,…
Hotel quarantine in Japan: change rooms? “Excuse me, don’t go”
Status: 02.07.2021 4:22 a.m. A fortnight in the room, in self-sufficiency and connected to the outside world via “corridor baskets”: For many reporters who travel to Japan for the Olympic…
Japanese Garden – In the Land of the Rising Sun – District of Munich
The white peony, which can be admired on this June day in Andrea Hirner’s garden in Deisenhofen, has huge flowers. For the Japanologist, it is one of the many flowery…
Panda twins are born in a Tokyo zoo, a first in Japan
Shin Shin, a female panda from Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, gave birth to twins overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. An event in Japan that even sparked a reaction from the…
US advises against travel to Japan, host of the Olympics
Several demonstrations have taken place in Japan in recent weeks against the organization of the Olympic Games. – Nicolas Datiche / SIPA A few months before the start of the…
Extended state of emergency in Japan, less than 80 days from Tokyo Games
Japan extends the state of emergency to 80 days from the Olympics. – Kazuki Oishi / Sipa USA / SIPA Will the Tokyo Olympics be called into question? With only…
Japan to dump Fukushima water into sea after treatment
Fukushima Reactor No.1, with contaminated water stored in more than 1,000 tanks. – Koji Ito / AP / SIPA This is the equivalent of more than 400 Olympic swimming pools.…
Japan Expo canceled for second year in a row
Image of the Japan Expo in 2017. – EREZ LIGHTFELD / SIPA Bad news for fans of Japanese pop culture. The Japan Expo festival in Paris, scheduled for mid-July, is…