Olympic bus drivers overworked and unappreciated

Hundreds of bus drivers from throughout Japan are now in Tokyo to convey Olympic athletes, officials of international sports associations, and news reporters. Many drivers expressed anger regarding their poor accommodations in addition to their exhausting workload.

Expansion of COVID state of emergency indicates PM Suga’s lack of sense of crisis

The number of daily new cases nationwide topped 10,000 on July 29 and the number of cases reported in Tokyo exceeded 4,000 on July 31. Experts sounded an alarm about the unexpectedly rapid spread of infections.

2021 antinuke World Conference kicks off with online International Meeting

The International Meeting of the 2021 World Conference against A and H Bombs, the first major antinuke event since the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons came into force, took place online.