Tokyo confirmed an additional 292 coronavirus infections on Sunday, down from the record-breaking increases of recent days.

A Japanese government-linked organization will help local companies export made-in-Japan crafts including stationery, furniture and accessories to overseas buyers through online channels amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Japan External Trade Organization has picked 519 items by 121 producers for this year's Takumi Next project aimed ...

The vote to renominate U.S. President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the press present, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention said, citing the coronavirus. While Trump called off the public components of the convention ...

Wealthy countries have already locked up more than a billion doses of coronavirus vaccines, raising worries that the rest of the world will be at the back of the queue in the global effort to defeat the pathogen. Moves by the U.S. and U.K. to ...

In the upcoming negotiations, the U.S. is expected to pressure Japan to pay more of the costs associated with hosting American troops.

Welfare and health facilities often demand a guarantor or family member to provide security before admitting a new resident.

A number of firms are producing easily erected constructions to give people privacy and a degree of virus protection.

Bilateral ties will almost certainly worsen if the Nippon Steel shares are sold to compensate laborers from the war, with tariffs eyed as potential retaliation.

An election win this fall could help Abe pick a successor or extend his term past 2021, but it would also prove highly unpopular in the middle of a pandemic.

Australia on Sunday introduced sweeping new measures to control a growing coronavirus outbreak in its second-biggest city, including an overnight curfew and a ban on weddings for the first time during the pandemic. Despite a lockdown that began in early July, Melbourne has continued to ...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned Hong Kong’s decision to delay its Legislative Council elections by a year and urged the city’s government to reconsider. "There is no valid reason for such a lengthy delay,” Pompeo said in a statement. "This regrettable action confirms ...

Iran said on Saturday its intelligence services have detained a U.S.-based leader of a pro-monarchist group whom it accused of being behind a deadly 2008 bombing and of plotting other attacks, and that he is being held in Iran. An intelligence ministry statement cited by ...

Japan may introduce orders and punishments for businesses that fail to meet business suspension requests as part of a revision to a special measures law to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, according to economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura. Nishimura said he is in ...

Protesters are running around as if on a hamster wheel while singing the Hamtaro jingle to decry government waste and demand the dissolution of parliament.

After the program was criticized as inefficient and wasteful, the prime minister appears to have ditched his "Abenomask" for a larger commercial mask that fits him better.

Should Joe Biden win the White House in November, America will likely be in for a foreign policy about-face as the former vice president reverses, dismantles or severely curtails many of President Donald Trump’s most significant and boldest actions. From the Middle East to Asia, ...

Thirty-six crew members confined on a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said Saturday. Arriving at the northern Norwegian port of Tromso from the archipelago of Svalbard, the crew of the MS Roald Amundsen was quarantined on board the ship ...

Wearing face shields, masks, two layers of gloves and navy cotton overalls, two scientists carefully lift off a metal manhole cover to reveal the cumulative waste of some 400 migrant workers. As one of them lowers a yellow rubber tube into the fetid sewer outside ...

Seven Chinese health officials were due to arrive in Hong Kong on Sunday, the first members of a 60-person team that will carry out widespread testing for COVID-19 in the territory as it races to halt a third wave of illness. China's National Health Commission ...

The two NASA astronauts who rode to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's new Crew Dragon are heading home for a Sunday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, capping a two-month voyage in space that marked NASA's first crewed mission from home soil in ...

Hard decisions lie ahead to make sure the nation has an effective defense.

Despite its image as a world leader, the nation is falling behind as it continues to make use of outdated technology.

The window to end the country's long-running civil war won't stay open for long

After years of trying to ban recycling imports, the central government seems to be coming to its senses.

The Japan Times’ recommendations for nine Japan-related podcasts, covering everything from the day’s headlines to language and culture.

La-Mulana whips you into shape; Crystal Chronicles gets even better; and Gundam fans get another chance to suit up.

The Mongolian former ozeki, fighting in his first makuuchi tournament since January 2018, fended off Mitakeumi to finish 13-2 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

The former Japan international helped overcome a brace by Sapporo's Takuma Arano in a back-and-forth game at Sapporo Dome.

Gianni Infantino can remain FIFA president and should not be forced from power while under criminal investigation, world soccer's governing body told The Associated Press on Saturday. A Swiss special prosecutor opened a criminal case into Infantino's conduct on Thursday over his meetings with the ...

Kyle Lowry had 33 points and 14 rebounds and the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors restarted their season by beating the slow-starting Los Angeles Lakers for the 11th straight time, 107-92 on Saturday night. OG Anunoby scored 23 points for the Raptors, the second-place team ...

Minnesota’s Matt Dumba became the first NHL player to kneel during the U.S. national anthem when he did so before the opening playoff game between Edmonton and Chicago in Edmonton, Alberta. Dumba knelt at center ice Saturday while fellow Black players Malcolm Subban of Chicago ...

Pinch-hitter Robbie Grossman lined an RBI double to score Tony Kemp in the top of the 10th inning, and the Oakland Athletics rallied for a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night. Oakland snapped a three-game losing streak, escaping a major jam in ...

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he's confident his sport can get through the regular season and postseason without being stopped by the coronavirus, though not every club might play all 60 games and winning percentage could be used to determine playoff teams. During ...

Veteran outfielder Yuya Hasegawa is the first NPB player to test positive since the league resumed in June.

Mikel Arteta's side overcame an early goal by American Christian Pulisic to win the storied trophy for a record-extending 14th time.

Ryoya Kurihara belted a three-run first-inning home run and Shuta Ishikawa threw a one-hitter as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions 4-0 on Saturday afternoon. After Ishikawa struck out two of the four batters he faced in the first inning, ...