The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting companies to adopt remote work to reduce contagion risks, accelerating the digital shift of the workspace.

The two-mask packages will start arriving in areas yet to receive them, even though the majority now have zero or few infections.

Local governments are making arrangements with hotels to house persons with mild symptoms so that they can avoid passing the virus on to families.

Communities rally behind their favorite establishments, but can they save them all?

With city dwellers around the world in lockdown, increasing reports have surfaced about wild animals infiltrating urban areas. Tokyo is no exception, although "wild" isn’t quite appropriate in this case. As a sanitation worker in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward relates to Shukan Gendai (May 16), "From ...

Major department stores ramped up operations Saturday following a six-week suspension for the coronavirus pandemic. After Seibu's flagship store opened its doors at 10 a.m. in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, more than 50 people who were waiting entered after having their temperatures checked and disinfecting their ...

Tokyo reported two new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, the lowest daily figure in months, NHK and other media reported on Saturday. The report comes after Tokyo reported just three cases on Friday, raising the likelihood that the government may lift the state of ...

“I want everyone to be strict about refraining from unnecessary travel back and forth to other prefectures,” Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura said.

At least a third of the 86 hospitals designated by the government for advanced treatment are being forced to partially suspend elective surgeries, emergency care and other services to make room for coronavirus patients, a survey shows. The government expected such hospitals to play a ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is planning to slash the number of employees working on its struggling regional jet business amid bleak demand for aircraft due to the coronavirus pandemic, sources close to the matter have said. The plan, revealed Friday, comes as its aircraft subsidiary, ...

White House officials discussed whether to conduct the first nuclear test explosion since 1992, The Washington Post reported Friday. A meeting of people representing the top national security agencies discussed the matter May 15, according to the newspaper, which cited an unidentified senior administration employee ...

Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir, the first medicine cleared for the treatment of COVID-19, mainly benefited healthier patients who weren’t dependent on ventilators or heart-lung bypass machines, according to published results of the study used to get the medicine on the market. The drug helped patients ...

The U.S. Transportation Department late on Friday accused the Chinese government of making it impossible for U.S. air carriers to resume service to China and ordered Chinese air carriers to file flight schedules with the U.S. government. The administration of President Donald Trump stopped short ...

The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so of the most promising vaccine candidates in an effort to deliver a safe and effective one by the end of 2020, scientists leading the program ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to still be staying in the country's eastern port city of Wonsan, having not returned to Pyongyang after attending a factory opening on May Day, diplomatic sources have said. While some South Korean media have reported that Kim ...

The Trump administration has promised strong action against China over its national security law in Hong Kong, but its options may be limited because any harsh penalties aimed at Beijing would likely also harm both Hong Kong — and the U.S. While Secretary of State ...

Government expected to end measures in Tokyo, Hokkaido, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures as COVID-19 cases continues to fall.

National crises can actually have positive effects on the young, building character as much as destroying it.

People who live in areas with extreme weather know storms are getting worse. Now there is hard data to prove it.

A list of five favorites where the pizza is superb whatever the occasion. All offer takeout or delivery, making them appropriate options for the #stayhome era.

Even as employees increasingly work from home, more people are making an “O-turn,” dividing their time equally between the city and the country.

Akane Yamamoto has finally achieved what no other glass artist could do: fusing patterns made with gold leaf between two pieces of curved glass.

McDonald's Japan’s ramune-flavored McShake is a creamy take on the candy version of the citrusy soda.

Both What The Dickens! and Infinity Books are important hubs for the international community in Tokyo, and that community wants to help them out.

The original “Doraemon” comics, published in 1970, are not only a great read, but a fun resource for learning Japanese.

Now aged 82, the influential manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge has finally allowed translation of 11 of his works as “The Swamp.”

Professional wrestler and current cast member of the Netflix series “Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020” Hana Kimura was confirmed dead Saturday by World Wonder Wing Stardom, a women’s wrestling league in Japan she was signed to. Kimura was 22. Stardom issued an official announcement on both ...

Wrestler's death, basho cancellation having major impact on athletes and officials.

The Sunwolves could still compete in an upcoming tournament in Australia with that country's Super Rugby sides, CEO Yuji Watase said in a statement released Saturday. In the statement on the club's website, Watase said Rugby Australia was negotiating with the Australian government to find ...

Former Japan captain Makoto Hasebe will remain with Eintracht Frankfurt for the 2020-2021 season after agreeing to a one-year contract extension, the German first-division club said Friday. The 36-year-old will play his 14th season in Germany since moving from the J. League's Urawa Reds to ...