[Levin]

PUBLISHED AUG 5, 2022, 2:03 PM SGT


TOKYO (REUTERS) - Japanese companies are temporarily shutting offices or suspending production as they battle a record wave of Covid-19, disrupting businesses in a country that has until now weathered the pandemic better than most advanced economies.

Carmakers Toyota Motor and Daihatsu Motor last week halted production line shifts because of employee infections.

KFC Holdings Japan has had to shut some fast-food restaurants and move staff to fill gaps, while Japan Post Holdings has temporarily shut more than 200 mailing centres.

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Japan had more than 1.4 million new Covid-19 cases over the past week


Much more at: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-a...covid-wave

[singlon]

wat next Dr. Vernon Coleman
all true but too much for me

[singlon]

Putin reports

[Sharexchange]

Funny leh Japanese speaks softy..seldom speaks to strangers....majority wear Masks...their case so high...must be their population high density..

[cityhantam]

Funny leh Japanese speaks softy..seldom speaks to strangers....majority wear Masks...their case so high...must be their population high density..

Japenis sai smells and tastes very nice lor! 

[WhatDoYouThink?]

these few days niporn suddenly becum numbo one in covid. syonan aso dunno why. maybe eat too much ajinomoto and kojiki ramen.

[FangFang]

Why they don't lockdown for 1 month ? Good to reflect and revise

[Niubee]

Funny leh Japanese speaks softy..seldom speaks to strangers....majority wear Masks...their case so high...must be their population high density..

Ya SG density not high

[watchfirst9]

Ya SG density not high

Jap is known to wash a lot but then Jap is also known to eat raw regularly.
Sg have number of cases found at Sushi restaurants.

[Notdumb]

Now they realised factory in China much safer.