Businesses reliant on a foreign blue-collar workforce are struggling to fill openings as the coronavirus pandemic slows immigration procedures to a crawl both in Japan and abroad. The global crisis has left stranded hundreds of foreign nationals who were set to join the Japanese workforce ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government will not extend its current request for school closures across Japan, and will allow classes to begin as scheduled in the new academic year.

While there have been disruptions caused by school closures, life continues as normal for much of the population.

Abe has already asked that big events be canceled, postponed or scaled down and for all schools to shut until the end of spring break.

Global warehouses are stuffed with frozen cuts of pork, wheels of cheese and bags of rice. But as the coronavirus snarls logistical operations, the question becomes: How does all that food actually get to people? Despite the inventories, grocery stores are looking almost apocalyptic with ...

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has dealt a heavy blow to the manufacturing, farming and fishing industries in rural areas, as it has halted the arrival of Chinese trainees they have relied on for labor. A textile manufacturer in Fukui Prefecture said one of ...

All sections of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Rias Line in Iwate Prefecture resumed operations Friday, about five months after the regional train line was hit hard by a powerful typhoon. Last October, Typhoon Hagibis caused damage — including a mudslide that flowed into a tunnel — ...

The cult’s founder Shoko Asahara and senior members were executed in 2018.

In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their Lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul's busy train station. One of the country's top infectious disease officials delivered an urgent message: South Korea ...

Some app developers say Google LLC is increasingly pressing them to embed code in their own products that will deepen Google's access to data on consumers, giving the company a leg up on rivals. The previously unreported concerns about Firebase, a set of software that ...

Four lessons from the Soviet era apply as the U.S. plans potential responses to Russian aggression.

Were it not for technology, the battle against COVID-19 would be lost by now.

The COVID-19 pandemic reflects a systemic crisis akin to the seminal crashes of the 20th century.

You can’t fault the organizers of Fuji Rock Festival for failing to predict how thoroughly the COVID-19 outbreak would engulf the planet when they released a solemn announcement in late January, titled “Festival Crisis.” Granted, those were earlier, simpler times. But it still felt a ...

These are trying times for gigging musicians. As COVID-19 continues its relentless spread, tours are being cancelled and artists and promoters are having to adjust to a brutal new reality, in which the activities that livelihoods depend on are suddenly rendered taboo. When I ...

While organizers are adamant the Tokyo Olympics will proceed as scheduled, postponement of the event due to the coronavirus pandemic could end the Olympic dream for several of Japan's talented crop of men's soccer players. The Olympic men's soccer tournament is contested by under-23 sides ...

Carter Stewart, who turned his back on major league baseball to sign with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks a year ago, made his first-team debut in a practice game on Friday. With Nippon Professional Baseball's season on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, clubs began playing ...

Hakuho and Kakuryu grabbed a share of first place Friday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament after sole overnight leader Aoiyama suffered his second loss. The Mongolian-born yokozuna sit alongside the rank-and-file grappler at 11-2 following an action-packed Day 13 at Edion Arena Osaka. Hakuho overpowered ...