As opposition to Tokyo Games grows, Suga says he has 'never put Olympics first'
A report also said that a visit to Japan by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, originally expected to take place in May, was being arranged for June.
As cryptocurrencies boom, Japan looks to finally move on from scandals
A hacking attack that hit Coincheck in 2018 put a wet blanket on a growing cryptocurrency frenzy, but local players feel the industry has now turned a corner.
Japan ramps up vaccine distribution amid COVID-19 surge
A total of about 390 municipalities will launch the vaccination program in a seven-day period starting Monday, the largest number per week, the health ministry said.
Keidanren chief Nakanishi to step down in June due to illness
Sumitomo Chemical chief Masakazu Tokura will lead Keidanren, Japan's biggest business lobby, from June 1.
U.S. conducted 150 nuclear loading drills in Okinawa in 1957, files show
Athletes get taste of what may be in store at COVID-era Olympics
Sony warns tight PlayStation 5 supply to extend into next year
South Korea’s Moon Jae-in sets final-year goal of 'irreversible peace' on peninsula
World Athletics chief insists Olympics can overcome strong opposition
U.S. conducted 150 nuclear loading drills in Okinawa in 1957, files show
Japan sees internet traffic jump nearly eightyfold from 2004 to 2020
Suga support rate hits new low after virus emergency extension
Major Japan telecoms firms to restrict vaccination reservation calls
Another security breach at Tepco nuclear plant uncovered
Calls for constitutional reform heat up in Japan amid pandemic
Japanese airlines eye low-cost services to drive post-pandemic growth
China’s much-hyped digital yuan leaves early users underwhelmed
U.K.-France standoff near Jersey shows how Brexit fish fight isn't over
China tech titans go all in amid global electric car frenzy
ByteDance hires thousands in bid to challenge e-commerce king Alibaba
Military coup puts Telenor's future in Myanmar on the line
'My life for his': Thai mothers fight for activist children charged with insulting king
Vlad the vaccinator: Dracula's castle lures visitors with COVID-19 shots
Myanmar poet dies after being detained, family says
Unused doses pile up as mistrust blights Hong Kong vaccine drive
Ethiopia’s crackdown on ethnic Tigrayans snares thousands
Hundreds wounded in weekend of East Jerusalem violence
World shares India’s pain with growing COVID-19 crisis
The WHO estimates that 25% of global deaths last week occurred in India, a death toll that exceeded 3,700 lives per day.
Will ASEAN's actions match its tough talk on Myanmar?
ASEAN officials, speaking anonymously, said that Gen. Min Aung Hlaing was not treated like or addressed as Myanmar’s head of state.
Colonization by other means: China’s debt-trap diplomacy
In stark contrast to China's loans, interest rates for Japan’s infrastructure loans to developing countries, for example, mostly run below half a percent.
Climate targets must 'be realistic and demand the impossible'
About a third of all human greenhouse emissions in history have happened since 1997, when world leaders adopted the Kyoto Protocol with an ambition of limiting such pollution.
Australia begins vaccinating athletes ahead of Tokyo Games
Naomi Osaka says Japan must carefully weigh risks of staging Tokyo Olympics
Yoshio Itoi homer rockets CL-leading Tigers past BayStars
World Athletics chief insists Olympics can overcome strong opposition
Former rugby player calls on athletes to speak out on Tokyo Games
Russell Westbrook ties Oscar Robertson for NBA's triple-double record
Some people may not mind a scaled-back Olympics
Haru the cat is bound to become one of your favorite things
The downside of decision-making practices in Japan
Moving house in a pandemic: Meeting the neighbors and readying your child for their 'playground debut'
Conbini Boys: ‘The konbini plays such an important role in society’
A shaky future for Sony's Japan Studio after mass staff exodus
Getting into wine is easier than you think
Why wild animals are making their way back onto plates across Japan
Photographer Takeshi Yamagishi chronicles Tokyo amid the pandemic and post-disaster Tohoku
Inside the cut-throat battle to build K-pop's next superstars
Can Fuji Rock's all-Japan lineup give J-pop a post-pandemic push?
Yayoi Kusama's dots and flowers breathe life into pandemic-hit New York
