The revelation marks the latest controversy surrounding Kurokawa, who is seen as having a close relationship with the prime minister's administration.

Experts caution that the rolling back of measures introduced by the emergency declaration does not mean the virus has disappeared.

At local municipalities, officials are giving up holidays in the hope of delivering as quickly as possible the handout to all residents.

Around 660 lawyers and legal scholars claim Abe violated the election law by partially funding the party for supporters held at a Tokyo hotel.

The experiences of those infected in Japan subverts the hopeful assumption that normal life will resume simply because one has recovered.

A former U.S. Green Beret and his son, who are wanted by Japanese authorities, were arrested by U.S. marshals in Massachusetts on Wednesday.

Mounting losses have imposed immense pressure on the firm's often opaque structure and management.

Experts have been closely watching whether the spread of infection has fallen below 0.5 new cases per 100,000 people over a seven day period.

There are no daily public displays of gratitude for Russian doctors and nurses during the coronavirus crisis like there are in the West. Instead of applause, they face mistrust, low pay and even open hostility. Residents near the National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology, a ...

Newly reported minpaku business starts came to 420, but 629 operators reported closures, meaning the number of minpaku properties fell by 209.

In the master plan backed by President Xi Jinping himself, China will invest an estimated $1.4 trillion over six years to 2025.

The most powerful cyclone to hit Bangladesh and eastern India in more than 20 years tore down homes, carried cars down flooded streets and claimed the lives of more than a dozen people. Authorities began surveying the damage Thursday after millions spent a sleepless night ...

A biotechnology startup in Fukuoka Prefecture is partnering with local authorities to develop a drug to treat COVID-19 using its RNA technology. Bonac Corp., based in Kurume, says only two other companies in the world are trying to develop a nucleic acid medicine for the ...

The lead researcher in the coronavirus trial for flu drug Avigan says it’s too early to make a call on whether it works and shrugged off negative reports about the interim results, saying patients are still being enrolled. The final results of the trial for ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro neatly sums up how thoroughly politics has hijacked the debate over using malaria drugs against the new coronavirus: "Right-wingers take chloroquine." The far-right leader made the remark Tuesday, a day before his government recommended widespread use of chloroquine and a less-toxic ...

Twenty years after Hezbollah guerrillas pushed Israel’s last troops from southern Lebanon, both sides are gearing up for a possible war that neither seems to want. Israeli troops are striking Hezbollah targets in neighboring Syria and drilling for what could be an invasion of Lebanon. ...

When Taiwan became the first place in Asia to allow same-sex marriage last year, university professor Lois was among thousands of gay people who cheered and waved rainbow flags on the streets of the capital Taipei. A year on, she and her Chinese partner still ...

The impact could be more serious than the 2008 to 2009 global financial crisis, according to a Nagoya-based research institute.

Astronomers have gazed into what appears to be a planetary maternity ward, observing for the first time within a huge disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star a planet in the process of being born. This large young planet is forming ...

Lee Jong-chul, a 57-year-old truck driver who lives just south of Seoul, says it took little more than a minute to access his 400,000 won ($330) cash handout from the South Korean government earlier this month. For 2.8 million Korean households it didn’t take any ...

Exports in April fell the most since the 2009 financial crisis as the coronavirus pandemic slammed demand for Japanese cars, industrial materials and other goods, likely pushing the world's third-largest economy deeper into recession. The ugly trade numbers come as policymakers seek to balance virus ...

For some, home is not always an ideal place to concentrate with other family members present.

To enter, customers must pass through a fine mist of the chlorine-based disinfectant sprayed for 30 seconds.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases, as U.S. President Donald Trump proposed hosting world leaders for the annual G7 summit as a sign of "normalization." Trump, who is seeking to revive the battered U.S. economy and his ...

The launch was the last for both the Kounotori, which means "stork" in Japanese, and the H-IIB rocket.

Atsuhiro Mitsumaru, principal medical officer at Japan's space agency, says a comparison can be drawn between life on the ISS and staying at home.

A top Japanese prosecutor thought to be favored by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office intends to step down after a magazine report that he played mahjong for money and did so despite Japan's state of emergency over the new coronavirus, a judicial source said ...

The prefecture confirmed 18 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the first in double digits in four days, while Tokyo reported five.

In recent years, inbound tourism has been one of the few sectors to see rapid growth in the long-stagnant economy.

With the economic downturn likely to be protracted, the key to a subsequent recovery is preventing mass unemployment and bankruptcies.

Japan and other like-minded states must build multilateral mechanisms to create greater resilience against punitive economic tactics.

The coronavirus is hastening the need for a labor force that doesn’t get sick or locked down.

California will unveil plans to reopen its world-famous entertainment industry next week but coronavirus hotspot Los Angeles faces further delays, the state's governor said Wednesday. Film and television productions in California have been shuttered since mid-March due to the pandemic. The majority of the state's 58 ...

With the curtains remaining closed at theaters across Japan, some acting troupes are adopting new methods of reaching their audiences.

Cinemas have cautiously started to reopen in parts of Japan, but many of us are still having to sit tight and do all our movie-viewing at home. If, by now, you’re feeling like you’ve reached the bottom of the streaming barrel, fret not: There ...

For the past three weeks, my partner and I have stayed up Sunday past midnight to watch NHK’s remastered rerun of “Conan, The Boy in Future” (“Mirai Shonen Konan”). For me, it has been a chance to watch something new and delve deeper into ...

Just because it was the right and safe decision, doesn't make it any less of a bitter pill to swallow.

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto welcomed Thursday’s decision by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan to remove a logo from its website that Olympic organizers had deemed “offensive.”

Qatar is promising the World Cup will be affordable for fans but the nation has been affected by economic activity shutting down in so many countries.

Denny Hamlin won NASCAR's first Wednesday race since 1984 when rain stopped the event with 20 laps remaining at Darlington Raceway. The Daytona 500 winner was out front but out of fresh tires and trying to hang on when he got unintended help from Joe ...

If there’s such a thing as clarity in this uncertain pandemic world, National Rugby League players and their fans in Australia received a bit more of it on Thursday. The NRL announced a revised 16-round schedule for the competition, which has been suspended since March ...

The NBA is working through multiple return-to-play scenarios but has yet to make a final decision.

IOC chief says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made it clear there is no 'Plan B' for 2020 Olympics.

With an eye toward getting back on the field during a pandemic, the NFL is working on a helmet face guard that might provide the same sort of protection as a surgical mask. Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay, who heads up the league's competition committee, ...

The body of former World Wrestling Entertainment pro Shad Gaspard was found early Wednesday on Los Angeles' Venice Beach, after he was caught in a rip current last weekend, police said. Patrol officers were flagged down around 1:25 a.m. by a person reporting that a ...