A sea change in shopping habits amid the new coronavirus outbreak could impact marketing and distribution across the country for years to come.

How prepared was Japan for the pandemic, and how well can it medically adapt to the emergency going forward?

As if the COVID-19 pandemic didn't give Japan enough things to worry about, the unseasonably warm winter and resulting lack of snow may spell severe shortages of water by this summer.

The current environment surrounding the emergence of COVID-19 has forced people to come up with brand new ways of enjoying time away from work.

The release, which marks a significant shift in disclosure policy, details the capital's testing totals, daily infection counts and infection rates.

While it is unclear what kind of chase it was, the Japan Coast Guard ordered the vessels to leave and deployed a ship to guard the fishing boat.

Anyone with four days of mild cold symptoms is now being encouraged to consult a public health center about getting tested.

A long-term struggle between the Beijing and Washington is at a turning point, with the United States rolling out new weapons and strategy in a bid to close a wide missile gap with China.

Japan ended in last place after its leaders were rated the worst in a survey of 23 nations and regions.

Despite legislative attempts to persuade mild and asymptomatic patients to isolate in hotels, most cooperating facilities are nearly empty.

The rest of Japan is scheduled to get theirs by the end of the month — when the emergency is set to end.

Japan's largest business lobby plans to suggest that member companies introduce a four-day workweek as part of efforts to reduce risks of novel coronavirus infection. A shift from the current five-day workweek system to the four-day system is an option, the Japan Business Federation, or ...

The United States issued a new rule on Friday tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying it was in response to the treatment of U.S. journalists in China, a shift that comes amid tensions between the two nations over the coronavirus global pandemic. The United ...

The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Taiwan, which is not a member ...

Global leaders marked 75 years since the end of World War II in Europe on Friday, urging citizens to draw inspiration from the historic victory as the world battles against the coronavirus pandemic. With parades and commemoration events cancelled or scaled down as part of ...

The coronavirus crisis has sent U.S. unemployment surging to 14.7 percent, a level last seen when the country was in the throes of the Depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt was assuring Americans that the only thing to fear was fear itself. And because of ...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said Friday, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week. President Donald Trump, who publicly identified the affected Pence ...

The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained by The Associated Press. The files also show that after ...

Japan will launch its first space operations unit within the Air Self-Defense Force on May 18 to monitor threats to Japanese satellites in outer space, Defense Minister Taro Kono has said. The Space Domain Mission Unit will be tasked with tracking space debris and meteorites ...

The Defense Ministry tested personnel aboard a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer on an antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia for the novel coronavirus, government sources have said. The ministry determined the need to ramp up measures against the COVID-19 outbreak, ...

All Nippon Airways Co. has eased its company dress code that mandated female cabin attendants and ground staff wear high heels, the company has said. The change, which comes amid a movement against requiring women to wear such shoes in the workplace, took effect May ...

The notion of testing COVID-19 vaccines by deliberately infecting volunteers with the novel coronavirus — something that’s now on the table — isn’t necessarily crazy or unethical. It’s smart, and has benefits that far outweigh the risks. Challenge trials, as scientists call them, vastly speed ...

The versatile rice cooker can be used to steam, poach and bake, so you can prepare a complete meal from appetizer to dessert without turning on your stove.

At Sake Lovers Inc., founder Yuki Imanishi works with 100 small breweries across Japan to promote their products and connect them directly with consumers.

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere: Time for a well-deserved at-home happy hour.

Ryo Saegusa started the Kotaki Rice & Future Project in 2015 to promote and sell the rice lovingly cultivated by Kotaki’s farmers. Today, it’s marketed as a high-end, sustainable gift.

International journalist and professor Ilgin Yorulmaz on how to pitch to an editor, the story that’s left the biggest impact on her and what makes Japanese perseverance so noteworthy.

Sometimes a slight sacrifice in overall “aww” factor is worth it for a dessert that actually tastes good.

Published in April, “If I Had Your Face” is a story of gender inequality and lives ruled by the money of men, of impossible beauty standards and their effect on South Korean women.

Japanese basketball legend Takehiko Orimo of the Levanga Hokkaido was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, headlining the first day of the 2019-20 B. League Award Show. For the past three years, the annual season-ending ceremony has been a lavish one-day event held ...

Swimmer Katsuhiro Matsumoto is headed back to the drawing board

Soccer is back in South Korea for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut down sports around the world, and its success or failure will be closely watched by leagues everywhere. The K-League season kicked off Friday in Jeonju with defending champion Jeonbuk Motors ...

Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has predicted next year’s coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games "may ultimately be amongst the great games ever, if not the greatest.” The Sydney-born Coates, who oversees planning for the Tokyo Olympics for the International Olympic Committee, told the AOC’s annual general ...

Up to 1,000 fans are allowed inside each stadium in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper believes Major League Baseball should relax its "dumb" rule preventing top players from competing in the Olympics. The 27-year-old former National League MVP told Barstool Sports' "Starting 9" podcast that allowing MLB players to compete would help grow the sport ...

Rafael Nadal says Novak Djokovic will need to be vaccinated to keep playing if the governing bodies of tennis make coronavirus shots obligatory once they become available. Nadal told the Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia this week that Djokovic and all players will have ...

The NBA is taking small steps toward a return to normalcy

Sports stars sign letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray