01 July 2021 (Thursday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of maybe 1): Headlines and (yesterday’s) numbers See photo captions for stories   Photo 01aMaho is enjoying a scrummy dream about horses. [For the uninitiated, this is a reference to something the queen says in the British comedy show Blackadder II.]…

09 June 2021 (Wednesday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of 2): Headlines and (yesterday’s) numbers Part 02 is gonna be the senior dating scene See photo captions for stories Photo 01a Kozo, Maho and a few CCs of salty solution waiting to be injected. Photo 01b Japan covid-related topics from…

06 June 2021 (Sunday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of 1): Headlines and (yesterday’s) numbers See photo captions for stories Photo 01 Japan covid-related topics from NHK’s 7am news bulletin today. First weekend under the SofE extension: Infections still spreading in Okinawa Around 20% of the 65s and over have…

02 June 2021 (Wednesday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 3 (of 3): Bus services struggling amid covid [I don’ t want to spend a whole heap of time on this. This will just be a rough sketch. ] See photo captions for stories Photo 01 A survey of bus use for…

02 June 2021 (Wednesday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 2 (of up to 3): Mental health under Covid19 This sequence involves the most beautiful head of hair yet seen on NHK news. See photo captions for stories Photo 01 Increased mental stress under repeated SofE’s and extensions. Photo 02 “If you…

02 June 2021 (Wednesday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of up to 3): Headlines and (yesterday’s) numbers See photo captions for stories Photo 01a Love, Love will keep us together Think of me, babe, whenever Some sweet talking girl, comes along, singing her song Don’t mess around, you just got…

01 June 2021 (Tuesday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 2 (of 2): I’m vaxxing furious! [I’m not really, but that old super-lame headline from The Sun about Phil Collins keeps popping into my head.] See photo captions for stories Photo 01 [FYI This is the Sun headline I was talking about.…

01 June 2021 (Tuesday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of 2): Headlines and (yesterday’s) numbers [Part 02 will be about vax stuff.] As I mentioned in the memory I shared yesterday: Today marks 400 straight days of posting covid reports daily. Many thanks to people for their messages of support…

31 May 2021 (Monday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 2 (of 2): Put some vax on the tracks and slide on out of here See photo captions for stories Photo 01 [Today’s (now yesterday’s) vaccine piece started off with info about the SDF centers – stuff we covered in Tuesday’s Part…

31 May 2021 (Monday) – Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of 2): Headlines and (yesterday’s) numbers [Part 02 will be about vax stuff.] See photo captions for stories Photo 01a “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life…” Photo 1b Japan covid-related topics from NHK’s…