Sunday's contest is the first prefectural assembly election since anti-base Gov. Denny Tamaki became governor in October 2018.

The recent fall in the number of confirmed infections has made it difficult to reach the enrollment target of 96 patients.

Since the relaxation of social and economic restrictions late last month, a number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases have been connected to so-called host clubs.

A woman running a shelter for South Korean women who were forced or coerced into providing sex to Japanese soldiers in wartime brothels has been found dead in her home, police said Sunday, amid a widening probe into a corruption scandal involving its owners. Prosecutors ...

A small group of demonstrators toppled a statue of a Confederate general in the the former capital of the Confederacy late Saturday, following a day of largely peaceful protests in the Virginia city. The statue of Gen. Williams Carter Wickham was pulled from its pedestal ...

Taiwan's main opposition party moved to distance itself from China after one of its most senior officials lost a highly charged recall election, as attitudes harden toward Beijing on the democratic island claimed by China. The Kuomintang, or KMT, was already reeling from losing presidential ...

China lambasted suggestions that it hid information about the coronavirus outbreak, saying in a newly published white paper that it has acted transparently and informed the world of developments in a timely manner. "Some foreign politicians and media have presumed guilt for the origin of ...

Inventive companies are adding tricot, xylitol and even coolant packs to masks as medical experts warn using them in hot and humid weather might cause health problems.

An airline industry organization has produced a video about safety measures being taken by carriers to prevent the spread of the virus on board planes.

When it comes to increasingly fraught ties between Washington and Beijing, Tokyo is facing a “be careful what you wish for” moment.

She and her husband, the former justice minister, may have handed out over ¥20 million to around 100 people in connection with the campaign, sources say.

Factor in those on partially paid leave and the 2.6 percent rate hits 11.5 percent. Then there's the 940,000 who left the labor force in April but weren't counted.

If political leaders don't strongly communicate, it can give the impression that public policing is acceptable.

Teleworking, staggered work hours and even four-day workweeks: The coronavirus pandemic has opened eyes in Japan to the possibility of new working styles that could become the norm long after COVID-19 subsides.

National security and economic interests are perhaps more tightly bound together than ever before.

Deliberately infecting human volunteers with the coronavirus could be far more costly than the pandemic.

Restricting human contact has had a dramatic effect on COVID-19’s infection rates.

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Seven is another of the shy animals that has languished for years at ARK. Barely past puppyhood, she came to the shelter with her mother (also still at ARK) after being given up by their homeless owner. That was 11 long years ago. Tail-wagging, excitable, ...

Third-pick Gran Alegria cruised to victory in the Yasuda Kinen on Sunday and denied race-favorite Almond Eye an unprecedented eighth Grade 1 turf win. Ridden by Kenichi Ikezoe, Gran Alegria came up through the middle of the pack in the final stretch of the mile ...

Runner-up when the season was paused, champion without playing again. It's little surprise Chelsea was fine with the Women’s Super League season being curtailed. But determining the final standings on a points-per-game ratio, rather than on the field — due to the coronavirus pandemic — ...

The former Rise QB is using extra time afforded by the cancellation of the spring season to adjust to his new team's playbook.

Amanda Nunes became the first UFC fighter to defend a championship belt while holding titles in two weight classes Saturday night, earning a dominant unanimous decision over featherweight contender Felicia Spencer at UFC 250. Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt also knocked out Raphael Assuncao an ...

Manchester City's appeal against a two-year ban from European competition will be heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) from Monday in a case of wide-reaching repercussions. City is accused of overstating sponsorship revenue to hide that it had not complied with UEFA's ...

The NBA has told teams that playoff seeding will be based on winning percentage, and that any tiebreakers necessary after that will follow the usual procedures. It was an issue that needed clarity because the 22 teams that will be going to the Disney complex ...

Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics' world governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday facing a potential 10-year prison sentence on charges of accepting millions of dollars to cover up Russian doping tests. Diack, the Senegalese who was in charge of ...

Former Japan captain Makoto Hasebe set the record for most games by an Asian player in the German top flight on Saturday, racking up his 309th appearance in his team Eintracht Frankfurt's 2-0 home loss to Mainz. The 36-year-old overtook South Korean great Cha Bum ...

Players wore T-shirts and armbands with slogans in support of U.S. protests that have emerged in the wake of the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.

Takuma Sato missed the delayed season-opening IndyCar race after his team wasn't able to get his car repaired in time for the green flag Saturday night after a crash in qualifying. Sato got high into Turn 1 on the high-banked Texas Motor Speedway on the ...

Nagoya Grampus will disinfect club facilities this week under the guidance of a public health office after one of their players tested positive for the new coronavirus, the J. League first-division side said Saturday. The disinfection, to be carried out Monday, is aimed at preventing ...

Yoko Gushiken, who made 13 successful defenses of his WBA light flyweight championship before losing his final pro fight, announced Saturday that he is closing down the Shirai Gushiken Sports Gym, where he serves as chairman. The gym, located in Tokyo, was founded in 1995 ...