Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a news conference on the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan, June 17, 2021. /Reuters The support rate for Japanese Prime
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (4th L) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (R) at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, July 14, 2021. /CFP Japa
Japan's Fukushima prefecture will bar spectators from the Olympic events it hosts this summer due to rising COVID-19 infections, its governor said on Saturday, reversin
Various sports federations expressed their disappointment at the decision of Olympics organizers to ban spectators from the July 23-August 8 Tokyo Games but understood
Various sports federations expressed their disappointment at the decision of Olympics organizers to ban spectators from the July 23-August 8 Tokyo Games but understood
Japan is considering banning all spectators from the Olympic Games, several sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as officials weigh extending novel coronavirus restrictio
A view of the government office building decorated with Tokyo Olympics flags in Tokyo, Japan, July 5, 2021. /CFP Japan's government is floating proposals that would ban fans from all events at
Japan is considering barring all but VIP spectators from the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, a newspaper said on Tuesday, another downgrade for the Games that h
The pressure of hosting an Olympics during a still-active pandemic is beginning to show in Japan.The games begin July 23, with organizers determined they will go on, ev
Rescue workers slogged through mud and debris Monday looking for dozens feared missing after a giant landslide ripped through a Japanese seaside resort town, killing at
More than 1,000 soldiers, firefighters and police on Sunday waded through a giant mudslide that ripped through a resort town southwest of Tokyo, killing at least two pe
With two members of the Ugandan delegation testing positive after arriving in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that start on July 23, organisers are seeking to so
After months of frustration and delay, Japan has hit the remarkable benchmark of 1 million vaccines a day. But with the Olympics set to start in less than a month, and
A Japanese fan cheers for the team during the FIFA Women's World Cup France Group D game against Argentina at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, June 10, 2019. /CFP All kinds of consumption a
The Japanese government on Thursday decided to lift the COVID-19 state of emergency for nine prefectures from Monday, following its coronavirus advisory panel approving
Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University o
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife Mariko return to Tokyo's Haneda airport from a trip to Cornwall, England, where the premier attended a Group of Seven summit, June 14, 2021. /C