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The Tokyo Olympic Games will be held without spectators as the Japanese capital is forced to enter another state of ...

A man wearing a face mask stands behind the Olympic symbols of the five interlaced rings pictured near the National ...

Japan had earlier said it would allow limited numbers of domestic fans to attend, but changed its mind after covid-19 ...

A huge landslide has swept away homes and left 19 people missing at a popular resort town in central Japan after days ...

OSAKA, Japan — The soccer player’s plane was at the gate. Ahead of him stood his last chance at safety.The ...

Tokyo: A powerful mudslide carrying a deluge of black water and debris crashed into rows of houses in a town ...

Highlights:Horrifying pictures of a massive landslide in Japan's Shizuoka province have surfacedMany houses in the area collapsed like a pack ...

Emergency response crews from Japan’s defense force were dispatched to the central city of Atami after landslides triggered by heavy ...

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games delivers a speech during the ...

The air-to-air bilateral training in humanitarian and disaster relief, which Japan's embassy described as a "significant milestone" for joint defense ...

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Tokyo: Toshiba Corp shareholders ousted the chairman of the board on Friday, delivering a powerful rebuke to the company after ...

Tokyo: Japan on Friday announced that it will provide USD 9.3 million worth cold chain equipment and related assistance to ...

Can't play playback on your deviceJapan: How is the preparation for the Olympics between Corona?3 hours agoA month later the ...

At a time when nations and companies everywhere are thinking about post-pandemic realities, Japan is encouraging flexible work hours remain. ...

Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that laws requiring married couples to have the same surname are constitutional, dismissing a challenge ...

With a month to go until the Tokyo Olympics and a state of emergency freshly lifted in most of ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan board members voiced hope in April that the ...

Tokyo, Japan – In front of the red-brick walls of Tokyo Station, a digital clock counts down the days to ...

New Zealand is approving the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. The move follows ...

Uganda Olympic Committee President Donald Rukare said the coach, who has not been named, has no symptoms. It's not yet ...

New Delhi: India's envoy to Japan Sanjay Verma has said that Indo Pacific vision is the "new currency" even as ...

Taiwan has reported 132 local cases, the third consecutive day with a daily figure below 200 in an outbreak which ...

Feature Desk, Press24 News, New Delhi Published by: Navneet Rathore Updated Tue, 15 Jun 2021 06:44 AM IST Radhabinod Pal, ...

Tokyo: Japan Airlines Co on Monday (June 14) began providing on-site COVID-19 vaccinations for its employees, with the move coming ...

TOKYO — An American father and son pleaded guilty in a Tokyo courtroom on Monday to helping Carlos Ghosn, the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Two Americans suspected of helping former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn flee Japan while he was out on ...

Here’s the latest from our Helen Davidson in Taipei: A major manufacturer in Taiwan is forcing some migrant workers out ...

As parts of Japan endure a prolonged state of emergency to battle the latest coronavirus surge, one restaurant chain came ...

8.32am BST 08:32 Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, whose modelling was instrumental to the UK locking down in ...

New York: A joint study conducted by a team of researchers has claimed that China, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand ...

Japan’s prime minister has announced an additional $800 million contribution to the U.N.-backed initiative to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor ...

The secretary for the civil service, Patrick Nip, speaking at a press conference, also said the government was in talks ...

31 minutes agoimage source, AFPNow less than two months are left for the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games. The ...

(CNN) — Sunscreen expired? Suitcase gathering cobwebs? Fear not. As the world slowly starts to open back up, CNN Travel ...

Agency, Tokyo/Singapore. Published by: Jeet kumar Updated Sat, 29 May 2021 01:09 AM IST Japan's Foreign Ministry has said that ...

Yoshihide Suga, prime minister of Japan, said on Friday that a state of emergency in Tokyo and eight other prefectures ...

The decision, which was expected, arrives a day after the country reported more than 4,000 new covid-19 cases. Disclaimer: ...

US President Joe Biden's call for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus feels like déjà vu in ...

The Japanese government on Friday extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and eight other prefectures until at least June ...

US President Joe Biden's call for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus feels like déjà vu in ...

Washington: The United States government has extended its trust over Japan`s "commitment" to prioritise public health ahead of Tokyo Olympics ...

Japan has one of the slowest coronavirus vaccine rollouts among developed countries, with only 2.3 percent of a population of ...

Hiroshima woman arrested after asking cops what do with son's rotting corpseOn May 24, cops in Japan received a distress ...

Chemical troops under the Taiwan Defense Ministry disinfect public transport in Taipei, Taiwan on on May 25 following a dramatic ...

The country reintroduced emergency measures in April as it grappled with a fourth wave of coronavirus cases -- one that ...

Ras Bihari Bose was born on 26 May 1886 in a village called Subaldah in Bardhaman district of Bengal. Ras ...

(CNN) — The Tokyo Olympics, postponed in 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, are facing increasing hurdles ...

5.39am BST 05:39 Summary Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me. The All-Party Parliamentary ...

WASHINGTON — The State Department on Monday warned Americans against traveling to Japan as the country experiences an increase in ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during a press conference about the state's Covid-19 response on Thursday, May 20, in Midland, ...

The New York TimesWhy is COVID Killing So Many Young Children in Brazil? Doctors Are BaffledRIO DE JANEIRO — Fretting ...

Japan to declare state of emergency in three more prefectures; Greece launches tourism seasonCall for ‘surge vaccinations’ as UK ...

Nepal's leader K.P. Sharma Oli speaks at parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 10. Nisha Bhandari/AFP/Getty ImagesNepal’s leader K.P. ...

6.21am BST 06:21 Reports that Sage will meet on Thursday to discuss India variant in UK Ian Sample Evidence ...

After Japan announced that it was going to install oxygen generation plants in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura to aid ...

TOKYO (AP) — An American lawyer on trial in Japan on charges related to reporting of former Nissan Chairman ...

New poll shows nearly 60 percent of Japanese want the already delayed Tokyo Games cancelled.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said ...

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan announced on Friday that it was extending the state of emergency in Tokyo ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is set to expand and extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas ...

With less than three months to go before the start of the summer Olympics, already postponed for a year ...

TOKYO — Japan on Friday extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions until the end of ...

An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled has garnered almost 200,000 signatures in the past ...

Japan is to extend a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until at least the ...

Tokyo: The Japanese government will set up a no-fly zone over Olympic venues from July 21 to September 5 ...

Signage outside the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, ...

5.53am BST 05:53 Helen Davidson Hong Kong will lift its ban on flights from the UK and Ireland this ...

London: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi have agreed to step up cooperation ...

A strong earthquake struck off northern Japan early Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo but there was no risk of ...

TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 jolted northeast Japan on Saturday, shaking buildings in the capital ...

A strong earthquake has struck off northern Japan, shaking buildings in Tokyo but there was no risk of a ...

A Japanese sumo wrestler has died a month after suffering a head injury during a bout, as the ancient ...

Tokyo: Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki on Friday (April 30) informed that the country will provide 300 oxygen ...

Aerial view of graves of Covid-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Amazon state, Brazil, on ...

TOKYO: Japan is prepared to provide 300 respirators and 300 oxygen concentrators to India once talks are finalized, Japan's ...

New Delhi: The Government of Japan on Thursday (April 29) announced the foreign recipients of the 2021 Spring Decorations. ...

China on Wednesday sharply reacted to a trilateral initiative by the trade ministers of India, Japan and Australia to ...

"When our Carrier Strike Group (CSG) sets sail next month, it will be flying the flag for Global Britain ...

"When our Carrier Strike Group (CSG) sets sail next month, it will be flying the flag for Global Britain ...

SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific were lower Tuesday morning as investors await the Bank of Japan's interest rate decision.In ...

Image for representation.Japan has already declared three emergencies over the coronavirus. The vaccine rollout has been slow, with barely ...

Rich countries like China and Japan need to stop financing coal-powered plants in poorer nations in the fight against ...

Super Nintendo World is closing. Nintendo Just a little over a month ago, Super Nintendo World opened to the ...

Japan has declared a targeted state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures in an attempt to ...

Leaders of countries like Brazil, Canada and Japan made commitments on Thursday to curb domestic greenhouse gas emissions and ...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has cancelled his planned trips to India and the Philippines due to the ...

Tokyo Olympics: Japan again ready to impose state of emergency, IOC maintains ‘will not affect the games' Tokyo Olympics ...

Stop talking about the possibility of coronavirus booster shots. Don’t bully people who are vaccine holdouts. And if you’re ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday didn’t confirm another visit of its president Thomas Bach to Japan ahead ...

Joe Biden and Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, have presented a united front to counter an increasingly assertive China. ...

Beijing: China hit back at the US-Japan show of alliance during talks between President Joe Biden and Japan Prime ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan pledged on Friday to work jointly on the ...

5.59am BST 05:59 Japan to expand quasi-emergency measures Japan is set to raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo’s ...

Japan is set to raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyos three neighboring prefectures and a forth area in ...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday (April 15) that the government would do ‘everything possible’ to prevent ...

A leading member of Japan’s governing party said on Thursday that the country would consider canceling the Tokyo Olympics ...

TOKYO — As he visits Washington this week, it would seem as if Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan ...

They'll be given a small bottle of hand sanitizer and two masks each."They don't talk about vaccines, they don't ...

TOKYO: Japan will release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into ...

The government says the water will have been treated to eliminate dangerous radioactive isotopes but local fishermen and neighboring ...

Demonstrators protest outside of Japan's Prime Minister's official residence on April 12, ahead of the decision on how to ...

Japan said on Tuesday that it had decided to gradually release tons of treated wastewater from the ruined Fukushima ...

Government pledges to make water safe before release, but plan is likely to raise concern.Japan plans to release more ...

TOKYO — Hideki Matsuyama has never been a fan of the spotlight. Even as he rose to become Japan’s ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Hideki Matsuyama’s first swing in the final round of the 85th Masters was an unsightly banana-shape ...

Japan is working closely with the International Olympic Committee to prepare for the Games and despite concerns about Covid-19 ...

Germany’s general practitioners are due to start vaccinating people today, although a shortage of supplies means that initially the ...

China’s foreign minister has cautioned Japan against teaming up with the U.S. to counter China Disclaimer: This post ...

The flowers, which experience a "peak bloom" that only lasts a few days, have been revered in Japan for ...

The flowers, which experience a "peak bloom" that only lasts a few days, have been revered in Japan for ...

SINGAPORE — Shares in Japan and South Korea nudged higher in Monday morning trade, as many major Asia-Pacific markets ...

The United States, Japan and South Korea have promised “concerted trilateral cooperation” towards the denuclearisation of North Korea.Jake Sullivan, ...

National security adviser Jake Sullivan consulted with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea on Friday as the Biden ...

National security adviser Jake Sullivan consulted with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea on Friday as the Biden ...

Country’s largest lender, State Bank of India, has raised $1 billion from Japan Bank for International ...

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit Washington for talks with President Joe Biden on April ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit Washington for talks with President Joe Biden on April 16, the government ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit Washington for talks with President Joe Biden on April 16 Disclaimer: ...

Electronic displays reflect the current stock market trends as the financial world reacts to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo ...

"Our intention is to discuss every aspect of North Korea policy," the official said.Sullivan is hosting national security secretariat ...

Japan has designated Osaka and two other areas for new virus control steps as infections in those areas rise ...

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after Japan and South Korea reported unexpectedly strong economic data and ...

Early in Junichiro Tanizaki’s great novel The Makioka Sisters, we learn of the family’s annual trips to admire the ...

TOKYO — Japan is calling for further investigation into the origins of COVID-19, saying the WHO report released this ...

Tens of thousands of horses are being subjected to long-haul flights, confined in crates with no food or water, ...

TOKYO — For over 40 years, Japan’s leading purveyor of shadowy phenomena, Mu magazine, has peddled Bigfoot, U.F.O.s and ...

SEOUL — North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, in its first significant ...

FUKUSHIMA, Japan — When Bruna Noguchi signed up to be a torchbearer for the Tokyo Olympics a year and ...

A court in Japan had ordered a woman to pay compensation of over 1,100,00 yen (Rs 70,000) to a ...

The Daily BeastTucker Carlson’s Biggest Advertiser Unloads on Fox NewsStephen MaturenTrump-boosting pillow salesman Mike Lindell took a swing at ...

Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen — about $67 million — in taxpayer money to design ...

Japans top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen about $67 million in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking ...

SINGAPORE — Shares in Japan were set to open lower on Tuesday, with Chinese search giant Baidu set to ...

SINGAPORE — Stocks in Japan were set to open lower on Monday as investors in Asia-Pacific wait for the ...

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged Sunday to do his utmost to prevent a resurgence of ...

The New York TimesThe Water on Mars Vanished. This Might Be Where It Went.Mars was once wet, with an ...

Latest information from USGS shows the earthquake has a depth of 54 kilometers (34 miles). CNN teams in Tokyo ...

The International Olympic Committee says vaccinations, while encouraged, are not mandatory for athletes and members of national teams. ...

Tokyo: An earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Saturday (March 20), hitting areas devastated by the 2011 disaster, generating a ...

Any tickets bought by overseas residents for the postponed Games, scheduled to begin on July 23, will be refunded.The ...

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan on Saturday evening, and the authorities warned that a small tsunami could follow.The ...

According to the National Tsunami Warning Center, the tsunami warning is for Hachinohe, Japan and Niigata, Japan.Latest information from ...

Now, with the Biden administration in place and with China growing increasingly assertive, Japan seems more willing to join ...

Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with their counterparts in Tokyo for a series of bilateral ...

While most office timings last from eight to nine hours, it is not unusual for employees to log out ...

Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with their counterparts in Tokyo for a series of bilateral ...

(CNN) — Anna was born with the right to dual citizenship, because she has a Japanese mother and American ...

Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are to discuss their concern over China’s growing influence in ...

Concerns about China’s growing influence in the region is expected to be a main focus when two ministers of ...

(CNN) — Anna was born with the right to dual citizenship, because she has a Japanese mother and American ...

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday the virtual summit he held last week with the leaders of ...

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Sunday (March 14) said that the Quad virtual summit, which was attended by ...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia, India and Japan agreed in a summit on Friday ...

On Friday, Biden takes his biggest step toward that goal so far, bringing together a virtual gathering for leaders ...

Japan will not take part in China’s offer to provide vaccines for “participants” in the postponed Tokyo Olympics and ...

Quad Summit 2021 LIVE Updates: The agenda for the 7pm virtual summit is a 'Vaccine Initiative' and a procurement ...

Rakuten Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hiroshi Mikitani delivers a speech during the Rakuten Optimism 2019 on July ...

A day after China offered vaccine doses for participants for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, host Japan declined the offer. As ...

With the government announcing production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for 13 key sectors including telecom and automobiles, ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government announced Friday that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will travel to Washington next month for ...

Japan has observed a moment’s silence to mark the 10th anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that killed more ...

Japan is paying tribute to the nearly 20,000 victims of a powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck the northeast ...

Japan is marking the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster with many survivors’ lives are still ...

Much has been rebuilt. The ghosts never leave. Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency/news feed ...

Dazed survivors walk beneath huge sea tankers deposited amid an expanse of rubble and twisted metal that was once ...

Palestinian cities have introduced full lockdowns over the last two weeks to control soaring COVID-19 infections, even as neighbouring ...

New Delhi: The first ever Quad summit between India, Japan, Australia and US leaders' will take place virtually on ...

New Delhi: The first ever Quad summit between India, Japan, Australia and US leaders' will take place virtually on ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister of Japan SUGA Yoshihide in a ...

In a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga on Monday expressed concern over ...

Ahead of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) head of states meet, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had ...

Japan blunted the international outcry over its 83-year-old Olympic chief’s comment that “women talk too much” by replacing Yoshiro ...

New Delhi: Highlighting the Indo-Japan ties which are ‘rooted in history and based on common values’, India's foreign secretary ...

New Delhi, Mar 5: India’s relations with Japan have acquired the dimensions of a special strategic and global partnership ...

The woman’s skeletal remains were found on a beach in northeastern Japan, which was devastated by the giant wave.The ...

New Delhi: Keen on increasing connectivity in the Bay of Bengal region, Indian and Bangladeshi foreign ministers discussed Japan ...

The public relations chief for Japan’s prime minister has resigned after she acknowledged she had a $700 dinner paid ...

In Japan, only about 18,000 doses have been administered, according to the Japanese government.Like the US, Japan is using ...

Other efforts to harness online platforms to force social change have not yielded widespread results in Japan. Yumi Ishikawa, ...

(CNN) —   Many of us are still working from home, which we’ve all learned comes with some pros ...

Tokyo: Japan has appointed its first Minister for Loneliness this month after the country`s suicide rate increased for the ...

Japan has renewed its claim on a contested island in the Sea of Japan held by South Korea, escalating ...

The Biden administration is expected to promise $4 billion in assistance to the Covax initiative backed by the WHO, ...

TOKYO: Nearly two thirds of Japanese firms oppose holding the Tokyo Olympics as planned, a Reuters monthly poll found, ...

New Delhi: The foreign ministers of India, Australia, Japan and the USA will hold the third Quadrilateral Security Dialogue ...

Japan will pay 1.9bn in coming year for the 55,000 US troops based there after Trump sought to quadruple ...

Japan's Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto has been chosen as the top candidate to replace Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori ...

Japan's minister in charge of Covid-19 vaccinations, Taro Kano, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on February 16, ...

The AR500 turbine awaiting installation in waters off the Goto Islands, Japan.A tidal turbine built and tested in Scotland ...

Tokyo: Thousands of mostly silent demonstrators paraded through central Tokyo on Sunday in protest against the coup in Myanmar, ...

TOKYO — Two American men believed to have helped Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan chief, escape Japan in a ...

TOKYO — Residents in northeastern Japan on Sunday cleaned up clutter and debris in stores and homes after a strong ...

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Japan’s Fukushima coast has injured dozens of people, nearly 10 years after the eastern ...

IWAKI: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, ...

The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 11:07 p.m. local time (9.07 a.m. ET), was located 45.9 miles ...

TOKYO — A large earthquake shook a broad area across eastern Japan late Saturday night, with its epicenter off ...

TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people from Myanmar sang songs and waved glow sticks as they gathered in Japan's ...

New Delhi: Indian sailors stuck aboard cargo ship MV Anastasia in China will reach India on February 14, the ...

A 275-foot Japanese submarine collided with a commercial ship on Monday about 31 miles off the coast of the ...

Japanese government is preparing to declare another state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures, ...

TOKYO: Japan on Monday detected a coronavirus variant found in South Africa, the government said, the first such discovery ...

(CNN) — It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... Jigglypuff?Some Pokémon-themed airplanes are starting to appear in ...

The fast-spreading coronavirus strain first identified in the United Kingdom has now reached Canada and Japan, after cases cropped up ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is barring entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and ...

Japan, Spain, France and Canada have found small numbers of infections involving a new, potentially more transmissible variant of ...

Tokyo: Japan will suspend entry for foreigners starting Monday to contain the spread of a new strain of COVID-19 ...

Here’s what you need to know:The discovery of the virus variant in Japan prompted the country to close its ...

France and Japan have reported their first cases of the coronavirus variant that prompted lockdowns in Britain and is ...

Tokyo has confirmed 949 new cases of the coronavirus, a new high for the Japanese capital, ...

Nikon. (Image Credit: Reuters)Nikon had set up the factory in Japan's Sendai in 1971 and has served as the ...

Describing India as "Asia's gravity point", Japanese Deputy Minister of Defence Yasuhide Nakayama has said his country would like ...

TOKYO: Japan’s trade ministry unveiled a raft of public procurement reforms on Friday following an outcry over a deal ...

What does it mean to be Japanese? Four Japanese influencers with African heritage discuss obstacles, triumphs and Black Lives ...

Ex-PM says he was unaware that his office had subsidised cherry blossom viewing parties for his supporters.Former Japanese Prime ...

TOKYO: Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government said on Friday in a ...

Snow falls as people wearing face masks walk through the Asakusa district on March 29, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.Tomohiro ...

TOKYO: A Japanese government adviser told the Harvard University endowment fund that its vote at Toshiba Corp’s annual shareholders ...

Ezra F. Vogel, an eminent scholar of East Asia at Harvard University whose writings about modern politics and society ...

Japan and South Korea have scrambled fighter jets to track Russian and Chinese bombers which flown a joint patrol ...

New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Kishi Nobuo on Tuesday discussed the aggressive actions ...

NEW DELHI: India and Japan have devised a mechanism for cooperation in the steel industry at the joint secretary ...

TOKYO: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe submitted to voluntary questioning by Tokyo prosecutors on Monday in a case ...

Earthquake in Japan Today: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Japan`s Aomori prefecture on Monday, but authorities ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet approved a ninth straight increase in the nation's defense budget as the government bolsters ...

A deep skepticism about vaccine safety runs through Japan, fed by memories of forced vaccinations by U.S. forces after ...

More than 1,000 people in Japan spent Thursday night stuck on a highway in their cars, waiting out a ...

TOKYO: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was questioned by Tokyo prosecutors on or before Thursday over political funding, ...

The traffic jam, on the Kanetsu Expressway connecting Tokyo and Niigata prefectures, began Thursday morning after a car got ...

TOKYO: Japan’s government raised its economic growth forecast for the next fiscal year thanks to its latest stimulus package ...

For weeks, Japanese health officials have urged citizens to reduce their daily activities, remain vigilant and only dine out ...

Yoshihide Suga’s honeymoon period as Japan’s prime minister had barely begun when coronavirus intervened. Now, two months into his ...

Earthquake in Japan: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck the Hokkaido region in Japan`s northernmost prefecture, the ...

TOKYO: Tokyo district court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for the 2017 murders of nine people, local ...

A fishing boat has reappeared on the shores of Japan almost a decade after it was swept out into ...

The mayor of a Japanese hot springs resort town is denying sexual assault allegations by a former assemblywoman and ...

TOKYO: Japan saw more than 3,000 new infections of the novel coronavirus for the first time in one day ...