As virus spreads, Japan looks to extend — not cancel — Go To Travel
The central government is planning to move the deadline for the travel subsidy campaign from January to June.
Fortune or foresight? AstraZeneca and Oxford's stories clash on COVID-19 vaccine
The two partners have given conflicting accounts of how they came upon the most effective dosing pattern for their COVID-19 vaccine.
Osaka Prefecture signals coronavirus red light
The move follows a surge in the number of severely ill COVID-19 patients in the prefecture, with the occupancy rate for hospital beds for such patients in Osaka rising to ...
Suga repeats vow to host Tokyo Olympics despite coronavirus surge
Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, the prime minister said he would "continue to spare no effort" to bring about the games.
'Last big role of my life': Olympic village mayor wants unforgettable experience for all
Chinese spacecraft carrying lunar rocks lifts off from moon
'Tokyo Ueno Station' novelist Yu Miri magnifies the quietest voices
Osaka Prefecture signals coronavirus red light
As coronavirus spread in Wuhan, China's secret deals with businesses caused major testing blunders
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Two Japan civil servants suspected of swindling government of ¥2 million in coronavirus aid
'The diversity of nature': Rare 9-tentacled octopus found in northeastern Japan
Tokyo prosecutors seek to question Abe in cherry blossom party scandal
Eureka! Supercomputer Fugaku deduces train doors are key to ventilation
Senior demon slayer: Grandmother gets doctorate for study on Japanese monsters
Suga, Biden and Trump immortalized on hagoita paddles in Tokyo
Japan bookstore market likely to expand for first time in four years
Japan business sentiment recovery slows in November: Teikoku Databank
Fujitsu president given 50% pay cut over Tokyo Stock Exchange outage
NTT Docomo unveils ¥2,980 data plan, cheapest among Japan's top carriers
China punctuates greater market freedoms with tough crackdowns
SoftBank winding down options trading after investor backlash
IBM says cyberattacks are targeting vaccine distribution operations
Biden pledges to take COVID-19 vaccine and retain top doctor Fauci
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail after fraud charge
Chinese spacecraft carrying lunar rocks lifts off from moon
African nation worst hit by COVID-19 falling behind on vaccines
As coronavirus spread in Wuhan, China's secret deals with businesses caused major testing blunders
Roughly 18% of Olympic tickets sold in Japan to be refunded
'Last big role of my life': Olympic village mayor wants unforgettable experience for all
Koya Kitagawa nets first Europa League goal against Arsenal
No fans to be allowed at Rose Bowl for CFP semifinal game
Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano asks club to post him to majors
New GM Kim Ng bullish on Marlins' future after 'crash course'
My bank wants my residence card details to fight terrorism. Do I have to comply?
Remote Nagasaki island 'getting energy' from Vietnamese students
Cheap, spacious, crowd-free: Rural Japan is having a moment with the foreign community
Raise a glass in memory of Tokyo's messier tourist traps
A verb tense for when you've been the subject of someone else's machinations
Businessman ambassador opens Panama connections
Material Market finds beauty in recycling Japan’s craft waste
Masters of their craft: Japanese artisans go abroad to preserve a cultural tradition
Vienna Philharmonic's Japan tour offers hope for overseas ensembles
Naomi Osaka inspires own manga character
Issey Miyake and New Balance tie-ups take textiles to the next level
‘Alice in Borderland’: Deadly journey through the looking glass leaves little impression
An alarming assassination in Iran
The assassination last week of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s most important nuclear scientist, was aimed as much at the administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as it was the regime in Tehran. The murder raises tensions in the Persian Gulf region as Iranian authorities threaten ...
A return to normalcy as the Biden administration emerges
Most important, his team is composed of policy traditionalists who believe the U.S. must be engaged in the world, endeavor to lead, and should do so through the multilateral institutions.
What Africa needs now is its own Japan or Singapore
What Africa might need is its own Japan — a pioneering country that can industrialize first, and then invest in the rest of the continent.
India’s angry farmers have reason to worry
The third rail of Indian politics has always been agriculture. While the economy has been partly liberalized since opening up to the world in 1991, the process has largely bypassed the three-fifths of Indians who depend for their livelihoods, directly or indirectly, on farming. ...
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