After weeks of being stranded in Japan due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a total of 160 Filipinos are finally sent home on Monday (June 1). The 160 Filipino...
People in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday (May 26) woke up to their first day with loosened social distancing curbs, after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted the state of emergency...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday (May 4) he has decided to extend the country’s national state of emergency to the end of the month. Abe will consider...
It will be difficult for Tokyo to host the Olympic Games next year unless there is an effective vaccine against the new coronavirus, the head of the Japan Medical Association...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday (April 7) declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centres and unveiled a stimulus package he described...
Japanese manufacturers turned pessimistic for the first time in seven years in the three months to March, the central bank’s “tankan” survey showed on Wednesday (April 1), as the coronavirus...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori said on Wednesday (March 11) his team was not considering changing plans for the Games and that the board member who had suggested a...
Japan’s main government spokesperson said the latest projectile launch by North Korea “threatens the peace and security of Japan and the region” on Monday (March 9). Speaking at a news...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged on Friday (February 28) to take policy steps as needed to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from dealing a severe blow to the country’s fragile...
The board of education in Japan’s northern Hokkaido prefecture will close all public elementary and junior high schools for a few days starting from Thursday (February 27). Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost...
