20200606 (Saturday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of maybe 2): Main news See photo captions for stories. Photo 01 Today’s Japan Covid-related NHK morning news topics from the 7am bulletin: A hot summer is forecast; what will happen about masks? School restarts today in many parts of Japan Items claiming they…

20200602 (Tuesday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of probably 1): Main news quick sweep Had time for another quick sweep this morning. (Well, actually I didn’t, but I did it anyway.) Photo 01 Today’s Japan Covid-related NHK morning news topics: One week since the lifting of the State of Emergency Increased…

20200601 (Monday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 2 (of probably 2): JR West See photo captions for story and the Japanese article in the comments. Photo 01West Japan Railway Company (JR West) to sell discounted express train tickets to reduce congestion during commuting hours. Photo 02Following the lifting of the government’s declaration…

20200601 (Monday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of probably 2): Main news quick sweep Old habits die hard, so I did a few photos this morning too. My phone camera was acting up so I couldn’t take many pics anyway. Not pictured: A wide show segment I briefly caught titled “How…

20200531 (Sunday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 3: Share restaurant I am something of a completist (which is why I somehow managed to get through all of Z Nation and The Walking Dead without much caring about either of them) so I thought I would post these photos of the Share Restaurant…

20200531 (Sunday) Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of maybe 2): Main news At the time, I said: “This may be the last day I do this in its current form as I need to prioritize some other things going forward. I won’t make myself stick to daily updates, and I am…

27 April 2020, Monday — Coronavirus Digest from Japanese Morning TV News Part 1 (of 3): Infections Day 001 of doing these daily posts continuously. Although I started doing Covid19 posts on April 20 2020, I took a few days off for my mental health. I got up this morning and picked up some stuff…

20200427 Corona updates Part 3: Testing See photo captions for story. Photo 01 The first few pictures are actually about “the emergency medical system is beginning to collapse.” People with suspected Covid symptoms are finding it hard to get hospital admission.This photo is about an 80-something old guy who was resting at home with a…

The state of the State of Emergency 20200427 Corona updates Part 2: The state of the State of Emergency See photo captions for story. Photo 01 Tokyo governor Koike is continuiing to push people to stay home. In her Friday address, she said that Golden Week was Stay Home Week this year. She also asked…