Tokyo confirmed 107 more novel coronavirus infections on Thursday, a Tokyo government official said, the highest daily tally in two months in the city at the centre of
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday confirmed 58 new COVID-19 infections marking the fourth straight day new daily cases in the capital have topped 50 amid con
Japan has conveyed to the United States its objection to President Donald Trump's idea of adding South Korea to the Group of Seven summit, Japan's Kyodo News reported S
British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Friday that it has agreed with the Japanese government to start discussions on the supply of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222
Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet rose by nine percentage points to 36 percent despite the recent arrest of his former justice minister on suspicion of vote-buying, a po
The Japanese government said Monday it would continue to push forward with the contentious relocation of a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost prefecture of
The Japanese health ministry dispatched a cluster response team to Kitakyushu City in southwestern Japan due to a spike in COVID-19 cases there, Japan's top government
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Friday to continue to cooperate in combating the global COVID-19 pandemic, a senior Japane
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed part of the statement from its official website on Tuesday, which discusses the financial impact of postponing the Games, following objections fro
In the face of declining overseas orders amid the COVID-19 epidemic, the company Qingdao Benda had planned to give some employees a holiday, but eventually decided to h
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has drawn flak from some netizens for a video posted on his official Twitter page showing him relaxing at home to encourage people t
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, U.S. singers Alan Merrill and Joe Diffie, and U.S. architect Michael Sorkin died from COVID-19, as confirmed infections soared to claim 30,000 lives around the globe
Japan's health ministry and local governments said that 1,926 people had been infected with the COVID-19 virus in Japan as of 6:30 p.m. local time on Monday, although
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heard from the U.S. President Donald Trump during phone talks that the decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for one year was the
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced here on Tuesday that Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have agreed to postpone the Tokyo Olympic and Par
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced here on Tuesday that Japan and the International Olympic Committee have agreed to postpone the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic
Matthew Pinsent of Britain, arriving from the Summer Olympics in Athens, gets off the airplane at Gatwick Airport in London, August 30, 2004. /VCG Over half of the sports world has been shut d