Naoki Asanuma

2 months ago | asia.nikkei.com | Naoki Asanuma |Toru Tsunashima |Kunihiro Iwasaki |Yo Inoue |Yu Nakamura

TOKYO -- Born in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian, Yuichi Ishikura, 32, relocated to Kyoto with his mother when he was a junior high school student. While studying at university in the U.S., he was immensely attracted to a particular guesthouse he had stayed at, which became his source of inspiration to begin refurbishing old machiya back in Kyoto into cozy guest villas.

Aug 31, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Naoki Asanuma

TOKYO -- A major earthquake in the Tokyo metropolitan area would likely disrupt the capital's medical care system, with more than 60% of hospitals saying they would have reduced capacity due to likely staff shortages and facility damage. Nikkei surveyed 167 hospitals in Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba that are designated as disaster response hospitals. Of the 107 that responded, 73 had capacity estimates in a disaster.