SENDAI: Tens of thousands of people flocked to a cauldron with the Olympic flame in northeastern Japan over the weekend despite...
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SEOUL: The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will hold a video conference on Friday (Mar 20) to discuss cooperation...
TOKYO: The Olympic flame arrives in Japan on Friday (Mar 20), with what should have been a joyous celebration dramatically...
TOKYO: An expert panel guiding Japan's coronavirus response may advise a relaxation of controls in regions that have not seen...
OSAKA: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference on Monday (Mar 16): “We have a simple...
TOKYO: Hospitals in Nagoya city in Japan's industrial heartland have more coronavirus patients than they can treat, forcing transfers to...
TOKYO: Japan's health ministry said it has identified 15 clusters of coronavirus infections around the country.The biggest cluster was in...
SINGAPORE: People who enter Singapore with recent travel history to ASEAN countries, Japan, Switzerland or the United Kingdom will be issued...
TOKYO: The number of coronavirus infections in Japan rose to 1,484 on Sunday (Mar 15), increasing by a faster pace...
TOKYO: Japan's coronavirus outbreak is not at a stage that requires the government to declare an emergency, Prime Minister Shinzo...
TOKYO: Japan had 59 new cases of coronavirus infection on Tuesday (Mar 10), the biggest one-day rise since the start...
TOKYO: Japan's government on Tuesday (Mar 10) approved draft "state of emergency" measures that would allow authorities to keep people inside...
TOKYO: A Japanese politician apologised on Monday (Mar 9) after he made US$86,000 auctioning face masks online as the country...
TOKYO: Japan is set this week to revise a law allowing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to declare a formal state...