ボリス・ジョンソン英首相は、7月5日、コロナウイルスに関するイングランドでの法的制限（ロックダウン）を19日に解除する予定であることを発表し、質疑応答も行った。英国Chief Scientific Adviser及びイングランドChief Medical Officerが同席し、質疑応答も含めて補足説明等した。12日に最終決定される。アメリカほか各国でも大きく報じられた。
Canadian Kim Gaucher has won in her quest to bring her baby to the Olympics. The IOC says it will now allow breastfeeding athletes to bring their children to Tokyo.https://t.co/ODljO3x3ZJ
Canada's Denis Shapovalov says in a Twitter post he made the decision to pull out of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics for safety reasons "due to the current situation" amid the high number of COVID-19 cases and low vaccination rate in Japan. https://t.co/d0uJnUSKnN
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have set a limit of 50 per cent of capacity up to a maximum of 10,000 fans for all Olympic venues. The decision contradicts the country's top medical adviser. https://t.co/B0M9rgI6CI
Japan has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in July. https://t.co/WH7Wr64ChV
A Toronto woman is hoping to make waves at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer. Sarah Douglas is part of the nine-member team representing Canada in sailing. She spoke with CBC News Toronto at 6 host @dwightdrummond about what inspired her to get into the sport. pic.twitter.com/X4b8l5raKT
"No word on vaccines, no testing at all." DIJ deputy director @barbGhawaii interviewed by @CBCNews Network morning show host Heather Hiscox @cbchh about Olympic volunteering and a potential shift in Japanese sentiment towards the #TokyoOlympicshttps://t.co/tDQ5Erhllo
From @WSJopinion: Holding the Tokyo Olympics this year would send an important message about the world moving again after more than a year of lockdowns. https://t.co/HJYYSgiR6D
Jessica Springsteen, the daughter of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, is ranked 27th in the world in show jumping and has a good chance to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. https://t.co/0JtQAmnq9v
Athlete activism has led the International Olympic Committee to adopt new rules allowing competitors at the Games in Tokyo to express their views on issues before their events, but not on the field, on the medal stand or during other ceremonies. https://t.co/IH8Z99PMmr
Worry about the Tokyo Olympics is widespread in Japan. With less than 10% of the population vaccinated, many fear the Games could cause a Covid-19 surge.
Will the sense of discontent fade? Listen to today’s episode of The Daily.https://t.co/5ClGRSU0NT
Alcohol will be banned at the Tokyo Olympics in a bid to control the coronavirus, organizers said. The decision came after an outcry from the Japanese public, which is deeply skeptical of hosting the Games.https://t.co/PomPPpDmMg
Wondering why the Tokyo Olympics haven’t been canceled? The answer lies in billions of dollars, years of work and thousands of athletes who can’t wait any longer. https://t.co/OEg1sfTuyB
Breaking News: Up to 10,000 domestic spectators will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics this summer, indicating a growing certainty that the Games will go on.https://t.co/NNaamulIXS
Breaking News: Rafael Nadal announced that he would not participate in Wimbledon or the Tokyo Olympics “after listening to my body.”https://t.co/T0GVWdnndY
Australian softball players were the first athletes to arrive in Japan before the Tokyo Olympics. Their routine of coronavirus tests, hotel confinement and playing Nintendo offers a preview of a Games like no other.https://t.co/wiynpJBjFE
About 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers for next month’s Tokyo Olympics have quit, the chief executive of the Games’ organizing committee said, amid rising worries about the Games happening during the pandemic. https://t.co/8UPvtKyxEA
The Tokyo Olympics are under new pressure. Public health experts have suggested the Games’ safety plans put athletes and others at risk, and the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, an Olympics partner, called on Japan’s prime minister for cancellation.https://t.co/rObgfoYLde
83% of people polled in Japan said they did not want Tokyo to host the Olympics this summer. Opposition to the Games comes as growing areas of the country have been placed under a state of emergency because of surging coronavirus cases. https://t.co/IWWjmCHbDF
The Ever Given has begun its journey out of the Suez Canal more than three months after it ran aground, clogging up one of the world's most vital trade arteries and disrupting global supply chains. https://t.co/LGYiROhAis
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has held the giant ship and its crew in a lake between two stretches of the waterway since it was dislodged on March 29, amid a dispute over a demand for compensation by the SCA.
The owners and insurers of the #EverGiven container ship that blocked the #SuezCanal said a formal settlement had been agreed in a compensation dispute, and the vessel would be allowed to sail on July 7.https://t.co/WYsOf37uf7
The SCA said the settlement contract would be signed on Wednesday at a ceremony, and that participants would be able to watch the ship leaving. https://t.co/LC4qmRiTEl
While machine-made paper has largely replaced washi throughout the country, the painstaking process of making the paper by hand is still practiced in a handful of cities and towns https://t.co/DPTWRwXA8m
James Ryan gives his reaction to Ireland's 39-31 victory over Japan and his side's performance. Ryan is also asked about his absence from the Lions squad. #IREvJPN#RTERugbypic.twitter.com/RGf0CHusbQ
— USC Public Diplomacy (@PublicDiplomacy) June 17, 2021
As US-China competition deepens, @POTUS has sought to repair many of the broken relationships with its Asian allies. What does this look like when it comes to US-Japan relations? @jbmllr@MLInstitute gives his critical view on our latest issue.https://t.co/uLqvuXtfpE
Japan is taking a big bet on hydrogen, and planning to shift a big chunk of their power to hydrogen. This is part of the country's plans to be carbon-free within the next 30 years, and it could revolutionize the global energy market. Via @WSJhttps://t.co/Kzjtfcl2bt
China’s defence spending has increased by 620% since 1990. ‘Greater Japanese activism is a defensive, responsible reaction to Japan’s worsening threat environment,’ write @profLind and Elbridge Colby. Read more: https://t.co/TIBEUvtWxX
With trade being central to the UK’s ambitions for ‘Global Britain’, a dedicated ministerial track is one obvious way to mark global trade as a key priority. ‘It is up to the UK to prove the format is worth keeping beyond 2021,’ argues @MPetsinger:https://t.co/fNgi5dXbVs
A massive custom-made face covering, weighing 35kg, has been placed on a giant Buddhist goddess statue in Japan to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic | https://t.co/s9C7UV8dSUpic.twitter.com/IbxKbWUasR
The escape of Carlos Ghosn.#AFPgraphics showing the escape route of Carlos Ghosn, the ex-CEO of Renault-Nissan, from Japan to Lebanon pic.twitter.com/I4jU23EEKT
VIDEO: Christopher Cosser, African climbing champion and South African Olympian, explains how climbing will work at the Tokyo Games
Sport climbing will make its Olympic debut alongside four other new disciplines: surfing, skateboarding, baseball and karate pic.twitter.com/HmCIgQtHMu
JAPAN'S SHIONOGI IS TO MANUFACTURE ENOUGH COVID-19 VACCINES FOR 30 MILLION PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THEY AIM TO ADDRESS VARIANTS – YOMIURI.
— Breaking Market News (@FinancialJuice) June 9, 2021
Shimadzu Corporation and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. announced the conclusion of a basic agreement on business partnership for wastewater surveillance for viruses in the field of infectious diseases including the novel coronavirus. https://t.co/QRMcBXYTfZ#shimadzu#covid19
Two Americans are standing trial in Tokyo on charges they helped ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while on bail. Michael and Peter Taylor are suspected in the escape plot in which Ghosn was spirited away in a music equipment box on a private jet. https://t.co/gdTUchtPN5
A top Japanese official says relations with Taiwan are non-governmental and practical that recognizes China as the sole legitimate government. “Japan's position is to maintain working relations with Taiwan at the nongovernment level.” (Corrects quote.) https://t.co/g0daZNYUsD
ANALYSIS-Japan's yen set to suffer a while longer as BOJ baulks at tapering: The developed world's most dovish central bank and companies keen to put cash to work overseas have combined to make Japan's yen one of the world's worst performers this… https://t.co/um72TLmwvh NASDAQ
Japan's Lower House condemns the Myanmar coup and presses the military to return to democracy, putting the Japanese government on record before this week's G7 summit. https://t.co/I051sHYSOCpic.twitter.com/jNf7GCGc8P
The 2020 Summer Games were meant to kick off this week in Tokyo. #UofG Prof. Timothy Dewhirst of @LangUofG considers the Olympic brand's ongoing challenges in a new @TorontoStar commentary.@UofGhttps://t.co/LosCGX5t42
— University of Guelph News (@UofGuelphNews) July 24, 2020
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Youth, Delta variant behind UK COVID surge (06/17/2021) | @CIDRAP
… In total, 135 of 108,911 swabs tested positive for COVID-19, for a weighted prevalence of 0.15%, up from 0.10% of swabs collected from Apr 15 to May 3. Northwest England had the highest prevalence (0.26%), while the country’s southwest region had the lowest (0.05%). Residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged areas were at nearly double the risk of testing positive, compared with those in less-deprived areas.
Young people are behind the surge, with a 5-fold higher rate of COVID-19 test positivity among children 5 to 12 years (0.35% prevalence) and adults 18 to 24 (0.36% prevalence) than in those 65 or older. People younger than 50 were 2.5 times more likely to be infected than older people (prevalence, 0.20% vs 0.08%), although the researchers noted that infections seem to be growing at a comparable rate in both age-groups. …
In early February, the link between COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalizations started to lessen, apparently due to vaccinations, only to reemerge in late April. When the researchers stratified data by age, however, they found that those 65 and older still had a lower association between infections and hospital admissions.
“We can take a lot of comfort in the fact that there does appear to be very good protection in the older age groups, where virtually everyone has been doubly vaccinated,” senior study author Paul Elliott…
… Delta has become dominant in the country, rising from 60% of positive COVID-19 tests at the beginning of the study to 90% by the end. …
… it’s very difficult to predict the duration of the exponential phase,” lead author Steven Riley… noting that extending coronavirus vaccination to younger people in the next month should slow the surge. …
… Riley adds, “Even though we are seeing the highest infection prevalence in younger people who are less susceptible to COVID-19, if this growth continues it will drive up infections in older, more vulnerable people, as the vaccines are not 100% effective and not everyone has been fully vaccinated. This would lead to more hospitalisations and deaths, and risks straining the NHS …
… a team led by University of Oxford researchers evaluated whether vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, or antibodies derived from COVID-19 survivors could neutralize the Delta variant’s B1617.1 and B1617.2 sublineages.
The researchers found substantial reductions in the ability of the AstraZeneca/Oxford and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines to inactivate the Delta variant, although the viruses weren’t broadly able to escape neutralization.
The ability of the Pfizer vaccine to neutralize the Delta variant dropped 1.34-fold between 4 and 10 weeks after the first dose, at which time the ability was nearly lost. “Recently in the UK some reduction in Pfizer-BioNTech effectiveness has been detected at 10 weeks, presumably as a result of waning immunity, leading to the recommendation that the second vaccine dose interval should be reduced from 12 to 8 weeks in those over age 50,” the authors said.
The researchers noted previous studies that found lower vaccine effectiveness against mild to moderate COVID-19 in countries in which Beta (B1351) was dominant, as well as against the Alpha (B117) variant first seen in England, although protection against severe illness was maintained.
Overall, convalescent sera was 4-fold less effective against B1617.1 and 2.7-fold less effective against B1617.2 than against an early strain from Wuhan, China. Still, convalescent sera containing antibodies against the Beta variant first seen in South Africa and the Gamma (P1) variant first identified in Brazil were the least able to inactivate Delta.
Data showed that the Delta variant’s affinity for ACE-2 was slightly enhanced compared with that of the Wuhan strain as well.
“Individuals previously infected by these variants may be more susceptible to reinfection by B.1.617.2,”…
The authors said that the true number of SARS-CoV-2 variants probably has been underestimated and that more variants of concern will continue to emerge. …
…”As the population develops immunity, by either natural infection or vaccination, pressure is mounting to select mutations that allow the virus to more effectively find an infectible host through increased transmissibility, or to evade the acquired immune response and cause reinfection.”…
UK Covid infections rise as Delta variant dominates (18/06/2021) | @BBCNews
… a single dose of vaccine reduces a person’s chances of catching coronavirus and needing hospital treatment by about 75%, even with Delta circulating in the UK.
And among people who had received the recommended two doses, the chances of catching and being hospitalised by coronavirus was reduced by more than 90%.
Of 806 people infected with the Delta variant who ended up hospital in England between 1 February and 14 June 2021:
527 (65%) people were unvaccinated
135 (17%) were more than 21 days after their first dose of vaccine
84 (10%) were more than 14 days after their second dose
As of 14 June, there have been 73 deaths in England of people who were confirmed as having the Delta variant and who died within 28 days of a positive test, and of these:
34 (47%) were unvaccinated
10 (14%) were more than 21 days after their first dose of vaccine
26 (36%) were more than 14 days after their second dose
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Experts call for more sequencing after new ‘Delta plus’ variant identified (16/06/2021) | @Independent
… Referred to variously as the “Nepal variant”, the “Delta plus” variant or Delta AY.1, early data show this new lineage (B.1.617.2.1) allows the Covid virus to better resist antibody therapy treatments because it includes the K417N mutation – first found in the Beta variant that emerged in South Africa. …
From the data submitted by various labs across the world, we know the variant has been seen in Canada, Germany, Russia, Nepal, Switzerland, India, Poland, Portugal, Japan and the US. …
…the emergence of “Delta plus” and other new variants showed the need for regular genome sequencing to keep track of how the Covid virus is progressing.
He said the variant was “not a major concern immediately”. …
Five things we know about the Delta variant (and two things we don’t) (15/06/2021) | @gavi
Two weeks after receiving a second dose, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appeared to provide 79% protection against infection with the Delta variant, compared with 92% protection against the Alpha variant…
…the number one symptom reported by app users with a confirmed infection has been headache, followed by sore throat, a runny nose, and fever. “Cough is rarer and we don’t even see loss of smell coming up in the top ten anymore…
What are the India, Brazil, South Africa and UK variants? (06/06/2021) | @BBCNews
… There are a few “India” variants, but one called B.1.617.2 appears to be spreading more quickly in the UK.
Surge testing is being deployed in some areas, including Bolton and Blackburn, to identify infections – but it may not be stopping the spread.
Second jabs for all over-50s (and the clinically vulnerable) in England are now being brought forward to protect more people, faster. Second doses will come eight weeks after the first, rather than 11-12 weeks.
Latest research suggests the Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are highly effective against the variant after two doses, but protection from one dose appears to be reduced. …
PM Suga: We held discussions on global health and other issues the world is facing. I welcomed the engagement of the other #G7 countries through concrete actions towards realizing a “free and open Indo-Pacific” and led discussions as the lead-off speaker on the equitable (1/2) pic.twitter.com/XhEozpQE3A
PM Suga: The #G7 Summit has now begun. In order for the global economy to successfully “build back better” from COVID-19, we discussed the promotion of the multilateral trading system, WTO reform, and related matters with other world leaders. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/4XPebtbDhN
PM Suga: At the upcoming #G7 Summit, I will have frank discussions on the critical issues of COVID-19, climate change, the economy, and regional issues with the leaders of the other G7 nations, which share universal values. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/kGVpe4M5oO
President Biden reaffirmed his support for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo during a meeting this weekend with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide at the G7 summit. https://t.co/FIt76lZU44
Japanese Prime Minster Yoshihide Suga (@JPN_PMO) has welcomed the commitment to the Indo-Pacific region expressed by Germany and France in his separate bilateral talks with the leaders at the @G7 summit. #G7#IndoPacific#BilateralTalkshttps://t.co/4m7kRIdeXG
— TheFinancialDistrict (@TheFinancialDi2) June 14, 2021
Biden speaks to Japanese PM Suga at the G7 and once again the two leaders highlight the need to maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait. Maybe Tokyo doesn’t actually have buyer’s remorse?https://t.co/6ZnowETSe8
US and Japan seek to include a reference to the Taiwan Strait in the post-G7 joint statement in hopes of presenting a united front to counter China, Nikkei has learned.
The Group of Seven wealthy nations said they supported the holding of the Tokyo #Olympics this year, a communique issued on Sunday after a leaders' summit in #Cornwall. https://t.co/ZgpLMw7wxn
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 13, 2021
At a meeting with Japan's Yoshihide Suga on the sidelines of the G7 summit, Boris Johnson agreed to work together on a range of issues from trade and technology to defence and climate.https://t.co/xqHPwgr6H3
UK PM Boris Johnson along with President Biden, French President Macron, Angela Merkel, Japanese PM Suga arrive at the picturesque English seaside at Carbis Bay for #G7Summit2021https://t.co/tSdSKzSa71
The Group of Seven wealthy nations said they supported the holding of the Tokyo Olympics this year, a communique issued on Sunday after a leaders' summit in Cornwall. https://t.co/mslO0dQNIE
"We reiterate our support for the holding of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 in a safe and secure manner as a symbol of global unity in overcoming COVID-19," the communique said.https://t.co/1CEGWXL13m
US President Joe Biden and his colleagues from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan will sit down for their first face-to-face gathering in nearly two years, after the pandemic wiped out last year's summit.https://t.co/0poCINuUTJ
#DrHabib_Music (Kyodo) — Japan's first lady Mariko Suga on Saturday watched a musical about the marine environment with other partners of the leaders of the Group of Seven at a theater in Cornwall, southwestern England, where the…https://t.co/vVW5lRVEEIhttps://t.co/jrADo1uNeg
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday gave the Tokyo Olympics a show of public support at a meeting with Japan’s Yoshihide Suga and welcomed efforts to ensure the Games can take place safely. https://t.co/cNtZ9q7gde
Their brief encounter marks the first face-to-face meeting between Moon and Suga since the Japanese leader took office last September. @AsiaNewsNetworkhttps://t.co/caz9ppRPRI
PM Suga is taking part in @G7 summit in #Cornwall. This is the first #G7 after the pandemic and the leaders started their discussion on how to ensure strong and sustaining economic recovery. https://t.co/FOUPBxqlIO
— ISHIGAKI Tomoaki 石垣友明 (@TomoakiIshigaki) June 12, 2021
At the summit in England, G7 leaders agreed to a joint communique that singled out China by name a handful of times, but did not overtly condemn Beijing. https://t.co/LdrSvmN1jU
“We underscore the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and encourage the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues.” https://t.co/1WiMvX0JSK
It was the first time the two leaders had met face-to-face. They met “accidentally” and said they were happy to see each other, according to the South Korean presidential office. https://t.co/hNV7u6e8HI
“This is not just about confronting or taking on China. But until now we haven’t offered a positive alternative that reflects our values, our standards and our way of doing business.” https://t.co/NhZOCFWviT
The G7 leaders plan to unveil a new alternative to China’s “Belt and Road” project, while the post-meeting joint statement will be closely watched for references to Taiwan. https://t.co/vQxBYImfwT
The leaders of the #G7 industrialized countries agree to launch a new initiative to provide financing for infrastructure in the developing world to counter #China's Belt and Road Initiative.#G7Summithttps://t.co/79lSBD8GzO
Johnson backs Tokyo Olympics; Japan wants more G7 support: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday gave the Tokyo Olympics a show of public support at a meeting with Japan's Yoshihide Suga and welcomed efforts to ensure… https://t.co/2icC0YG7st
Suga arrives in Britain for G7 summit: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrived in Britain early Friday to attend a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations, with discussions set to focus on tackling… https://t.co/k4SxNljbN6
The Japanese prime minister's main priority will be to secure explicit support from G7 leaders for holding the Tokyo Olympics, which remain unpopular at home. pic.twitter.com/PX3uobN9dr
UK PM Johnson expressed support for the Tokyo Olympics meeting with Japan PM Suga on the #G7 summit sidelines. The two also affirmed cooperation toward realizing rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific amid China's growing assertiveness. (via @kyodo_english)https://t.co/nXsFz9SOf6
Japanese Prime Minister Suga left for the UK on Thursday to attend a three-day summit of the #G7 major industrial countries from Friday. Key issues at the summit include measures against COVID-19, ways to deal with China, and climate change. (via @jijicom)https://t.co/kt7TDFl4dq
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and South Korean president Moon Jae-in have both met with the German Angela Merkel at the G7 Summit. pic.twitter.com/jvG2QNw4BS
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife have met UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the #G7 summit in Cornwall. pic.twitter.com/Xr26vP0I1O
On behalf of the Bernard Leach family, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to His Excellency, Yoshihide Suga, Japanese Prime Minister, and his delegation, on the occasion of his visit to St Ives, Cornwall for the 2021 G7 summit.@G7@CornwallCouncil@GOVUK@JapanGovpic.twitter.com/VM8X30AJsu
The G7 or Group of Seven is an organization made up of world’s “most influential” and “advanced” economies. Every year, the leaders of the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan gather to talk global affairs. But why seven countries and what do they actually do? pic.twitter.com/sw70wmSlYh
Thinking back to Justin Trudeau's first G7 summit in Japan in 2016. When the group reconvenes this week, the entire cast of characters will be different – except for Trudeau and Angela Merkel. And this will be Merkel's last G7. pic.twitter.com/4Ft9leIX01
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) June 10, 2021
Does anyone know whatever happened to this initiative? They provided numbers too unlike the G7 today.
“plan that is set to be backed by a 60 billion euro ($65.48 billion) EU guarantee fund, development banks and private investors.”https://t.co/B8gdlNIv27
"G7 economies — Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, the UK and the US — could see annual average losses of up to 8.5% by 2050 if CO2 #emissions continue unabated," the article reports.https://t.co/yvoKmyHdyH
Japan’s addiction to coal is undermining meaningful climate action and a just transition to clean energy. We urge Prime Minister Suga to set things right at the @G7 by committing to coal phase out and ending overseas finance for coal, gas and oil. @JPN_PMO#G7Cornwall#G7UK#G7pic.twitter.com/lEMHikRus7
— Oil Change International (@PriceofOil) June 11, 2021
Giant Pikachus head to the G7 summit in stance against Japan's burning of coal pic.twitter.com/7HPsZfYeBK
An environmental activist group showed up to the G7 Summit in Cornwall, England to protest Japan’s reluctance to reduce its use of coal in a unique way: in Pikachu costumes. pic.twitter.com/NN4pkivKRD
The Pikachus are part of “No Coal Japan,” a coalition of 35 environmental groups seeking to stop the usage of coal as an energy source.https://t.co/1tQsnngLgf
G7 and COAL: Despite the rapid transition away from coal in recent years (helped by cheap nat gas plus renewables), coal still accounts for a huge share in electricity generation in the US, Germany and Japan (the later still produces 1/3 of total electricity by burning coal) 6/8 pic.twitter.com/4KDFw1XdBN
— Fridays For Future Bangladesh (@FFFinBD) June 14, 2021
Japan’s coal addiction is undermining real climate action and a just transition to renewable energy.
So we’re joining 35+ groups urging @JPN_PMO to show strong climate leadership at the #G7 Summit & end all overseas funding for fossil fuel projects!https://t.co/1hYO5jaizS
— Friends of the Earth (Action) (@foe_us) June 12, 2021
G7 climate protests: Pickachus and pupils —>
Pikachu's are here to push alleged Pokémon fan Yoshihide Suga on his coal policy. “Being inside a Pikachu costume is like a worst case global warming. Hot, sweaty and constant fear you’re gonna fall into the sea.” pic.twitter.com/TVoOsW20Ln
My one quibble is the lack of historical context. This was first time ever that G7 has explicitly addressed coal. So a Leaders agreement on coal exit is a big step.https://t.co/AGULtFkIHZ
West Australian Political Journalist Sarah Ison says Australia and Japan’s joint statement in opposition to China’s coercive behaviour presents a “united front” ahead of the G7 summit.https://t.co/qiRE91VH9g
“There were few disagreements over the communique, which is going through final drafting, though Japan pushed for a tougher line on China, a diplomatic source said” https://t.co/1hO9Zem4fy
Canon has partnered with Tokyo Electron and Screen Semiconductor Solutions to develop advanced chipmaking production technology with support from the Japanese government according to a report by Nikkei Asia. #canon#industrynewshttps://t.co/zgMZHPcJeOpic.twitter.com/Wu1KdpLjnN
We will invest € 20 million to expand our research & development and manufacturing site in Shizuoka, one of @Merck_Elec's key technology hubs in Japan. The site focuses on developing and manufacturing materials for #semiconductor and #display industries: https://t.co/7baFD8MlbF
Merck to Expand its R&D and Manufacturing Site in Japan: Shizuoka is one of Merck's key technology centers in Japan, focusing on advanced materials development for the semiconductor and display industries https://t.co/EtF3PiI3APpic.twitter.com/rKubjIteJ3
The proletarian, manual nature of the development of semiconductor technology in Japan may interest you, if not already familiar.https://t.co/fxjBq1hGLu
Japanese firm Renesas Electronics says it’s in talks to acquire Dialog Semiconductor, the U.K. chip designer whose clients include Apple https://t.co/8Rrw1MthfY
Panasonic Corp said it would sell its loss-making semiconductor unit to Taiwan's Nuvoton Technology Corp for $250 million as the Japanese electronics giant struggles to lift its profit amid a lack of growth drivers.https://t.co/kwbSv1ee61pic.twitter.com/ti3PmbBbfs
#Japanese semiconductor company Ebara Electric HD developed the company's car sharing service, which uses smartphone apps to match user mechanisms and #blockchain technology, and can effectively use company-specific vehicles with a initial fee. pic.twitter.com/Z2OsZDgpRc
#Technology edge for consolidation – #Japanese#MitsuiMiningSmelting produces electrolytic copper foil of less than 5 microns, controls more than 90% market !! Used in semiconductor package substrates of modules and memory storage, adopted for smartphone motherboards https://t.co/267G3ddXqe
Have you read IMA's Japan Newsletters? If not, check out innovative developments that are happening such as developments in #magnesium alloy with a 20% improvement in #magnesium battery capacity from the National Institute for Materials Science.https://t.co/yQKZIMTxK3pic.twitter.com/dXRnPJUqGZ
Now $Nio claims it will beat everyone to solid state #lithium battery punch by next year. This puts them and @Toyota neck and neck, years before $QS. This SSLB space is dangerously mysterious right now.$Tsla and $Aapl also touting their batteries.https://t.co/sDOa3pZPkv
A $4b #lithium battery project in Indonesia will begin construction on January 1 2019, involving investors from South Korea, Japan and China https://t.co/eyW8zOkpNn
Asahi Kasei increasing annual capacity for its Celgard and Hipore micro-porous polyolefin lithium battery separator films by 450m m2. Expansions at sites at Moriyama in Japan and Charlotte in US will take total capacity to 1.55bn m2/yr by mid 2021. https://t.co/e9nCRi9eA8
"Japan is the world's No. 1 when it comes to battery-related patents. ". But patents do not necessarily translate into innovations. This explains why #Panasonic lags behind #CATL and #LG Chem in #lithium battery production nowadays. https://t.co/eC8S7T2wqN
