Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan will maintain the current set of border control measures until the end of June.

The government’s decision to lift the declaration highlights its strong desire to revive the nation’s faltering economy as quickly as possible.

A pair of melons grown in the Hokkaido city of Yubari sold for ¥120,000 ($1,100) in the season's first auction on Monday, 2.4 percent of the price at last year's auction. Prices for the two premium cantaloupes at the wholesale market have generally gone over ...

The ruling camp wants the law changed as part of its bid to make progress on efforts to amend the Constitution.

The government will carry out support measures to shore up demand in the travel and restaurant industries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, starting late July, sources said Monday. In what has been dubbed the "Go To campaign," the government will compile a series of ...

The number of reported cases accounts for roughly 0.01 percent of the nation's population, but the chance of a second wave remains ever present.

From June, All Nippon Airways will require all passengers to wear face masks inside airports and aboard aircraft.

Incumbent Yuriko Koike, 67, is riding on a wave of popularity amid the capital's fight against COVID-19.

Hong Kong's security chief said "terrorism" was growing in the city, as government departments rallied on Monday behind Beijing's plans to introduce national security laws and after thousands took to the streets to protest against the move. Police said they arrested more than 180 people ...

A moderate 5.6 magnitude earthquake rattled New Zealand's North Island early Monday but failed to crack Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's trademark composure as she conducted a live television interview. The quake struck just off the coast before 8 a.m. at a depth of about 52 ...

Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with "necessary assistance," President Tsai Ing-wen has said, after a resurgence in protests in the Chinese ruled territory against newly proposed national security legislation from Beijing. Taiwan has become a refuge for a small but growing number ...

The move to streamline production in Southeast Asia will help cut labor and parts procurement costs amid competition from Chinese and Korean firms.

Some predict the peak for oil prices was in 2019, about 15 years earlier than the Kremlin was expecting.

Revising their strategies this week, the firms will at least have the opportunity to show progress in moving beyond last year’s management paralysis.

The package would be funded by a second extra budget for fiscal 2020 and follow the record ¥117 trillion spending plan deployed last month.

Visitors from East Asia, where the virus took hold from the start of the year, plummeted even further.

Fundraisers in crowdfunding plans often provide donors with meal discount tickets and premium accommodation vouchers.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson put his own authority on the line as he fought to save his most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, in the face of growing demands to fire the adviser for allegedly breaking lockdown rules. Johnson said he understood why Cummings had ...

Japan’s coronavirus emergency was coming to an end, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political troubles may be just beginning.

The world can't afford to be indifferent to Chinese behavior that flouts international norms and ignores obligations that Beijing has accepted.

After watching dozens of webinars, including one co-hosted by the Canon Institute for Global Studies and the Stimson Center, it seems clear that no one knows what will happen to the international order in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason is obvious. COVID-19 ...

The U.S. survived the 1968 pandemic without shutting down society, and there isn’t much evidence that shutdowns are truly effective this time.

Bayern Munich striker Thomas Mueller expects sparks to fly in Tuesday's top-of-the-table clash at Borussia Dortmund which could help settle this season's title race. Mueller scored in Bayern's 5-2 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday while second-place Dortmund stayed four points behind after a ...

The Japanese baseball season, which was scheduled to open in late March, will be reduced from 143 games to about 120.

The Buffaloes ramped up their preparation for the upcoming season with a practice game on Monday.

England lock George Kruis and Wales center Hadleigh Parkes have joined Panasonic Wild Knights, the Japan Rugby Top League club said Monday. The pair will replace Sam Whitelock, a World Cup winner in 2011 and 2015 with New Zealand, and Damien de Allende, a member ...

Audi Formula E driver Daniel Abt was disqualified and ordered to pay €10,000 ($10,900) to charity on Sunday for getting a professional gamer to compete under his name in an official esports race. The German, who apologized for "having called in outside help", was also ...

Up to 60 English lower-league soccer clubs could go out of business if the sport fails to plan for the impact of COVID-19 beyond the current season, Huddersfield Town owner Phil Hodgkinson said on Sunday. English professional soccer has been suspended since March. Clubs in the ...