Local governments in Japan striving to minimize COVID-19 vaccine waste
With the vaccination rollout gathering steam, local governments have come up with a variety of ways to use surplus doses resulting from appointment cancellations.
Japan preparing to provide COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam
Upper House lawmaker Masahisa Sato, who heads the ruling party's Foreign Affairs Division, said on a television program that the government has started making arrangements with Vietnam.
Japan consumers get mixed bag of slow wage growth and forced savings
Some economists estimate that the pandemic has forced Japanese households to save about ¥13 trillion ($118 billion), or roughly 4% of Japan's annual consumption.
Japan and South Korea unlikely to hold summit on fringes of G7 meeting
Tokyo sees little benefit in holding a bilateral summit with Seoul at this time, as no major progress is expected in the talks on issues involving wartime history, sources said.
Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life
A Mount Everest climbing season like no other
U.S. intel report on UFOs: No evidence of aliens, but ...
The damage done by a lengthy appeals process
In Japan, the light at the end of the pandemic's tunnel remains distant
Japan Times 1971: Japanese believe they are 'superior'
Japan looks to hydroelectric dams to reduce emissions
Tokyo reports 436 new COVID-19 cases while Okinawa logs 261
Japan and South Korea to join U.S. military drill in Alaska
A year since Shigeru Yokota's death, progress elusive on North Korea abductions
The damage done by a lengthy appeals process
Exxon's activist director says she’s no climate radical
Honda to close Japan engine parts plant in 2025
Japan business sentiment down for first time in four months
Nissan delays release of flagship electric car amid chip crunch
Chinese drugmakers take aim at lucrative U.S. anti-cancer market
Nippon Steel says higher prices needed to guarantee supply
In Peru's hinterland, a town battles world's worst COVID-19 outbreak
In rural India, fear of testing and vaccines hampers COVID-19 fight
A Mount Everest climbing season like no other
North Korea’s Kim appears in public for the first time in a month
Bribing people to get COVID-19 vaccines just might be working in U.S.
South Korean designer creates 'Third Eye' for 'smartphone zombies'
Naomi Osaka shows what a real champion is made of
Osaka is an introvert with high expectations of herself and who battles anxiety and depression. Success and those earnings have not eliminated her unease.
An inexplicable lack of urgency stalls Japan’s vaccination campaign
Japan has the lowest rates of confidence in vaccines in the world, with just 30% of Japanese saying they “strongly agreed” that vaccines are safe and effective.
China may be the answer to Janet Yellen's 'mystery'
China is no longer easily caricatured as a place with a limitless supply of cheap labor churning out bargain-basement stuff for consumers and businesses around the world.
India’s suspect ‘Quad’ credentials
COVID-19 has brutally exposed the hollowness of India’s pretensions to power, status and influence and boasts of being a vaccine superpower and pharmacy to the world.
Shohei Ohtani whiffs 10 to lead Angels past Mariners
No fans would mean 'no fun' at Olympics, Kei Nishikori says after third-round win in Paris
Floyd Mayweather does not view Logan Paul as threat
Ryusei Shinoyama not sure if constant roster shuffling is good for B. League
Naomi Osaka's struggle shines light on mental health in sports
Kai Toews and J.R. Sakuragi honored at B. League awards show
Ran is a bashful beauty who's up for hanging out
Enoki the dog is ready to walk on into your life
Foreign Residents Support Center: A place to turn when you need assistance
Online harassment is all a part of Japan’s ‘post’ racism
Should we worry so much about our BMI?
At Dashin Soan, handmade noodles take pride of place
Breakfast (and lunch) is covered with this sara udon omelette
Dress like Naruto? Great cosplay. Speak like Naruto? Hmm, chotto …
With diplomatic lines drawn and soft power spent, a standoff emerges
Exhibition commemorating Japanese A-bomb sites opens in Australia
‘Hokusai’: A force of nature brought to life
‘Brothers in Brothel’: Come for the sex, stay for the family drama
