The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the exchange couldn’t post market announcements, as required by financial regulators. So with an hour left for trading, management shut ...

In Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures, where the survey was conducted for the first time, the detection rate stood at 0.54% and 0.19%, respectively.

The proportion of such workers who did not receive compensation despite being told to take time off due to the pandemic was more than double the figure for regular staff.

The number of foreign workers in Japan hit a record high of 1,724,328 as of October 2020, increasing 4.0% from a year earlier.

The government has begun to set out its inoculation schedule, but there are concerns over delivery hiccups.

There is mounting pressure on the prime minister on issues ranging from a potential ethics violation involving a family member to sexist remarks by the Tokyo Games chair.

The firm has been under pressure to reassess the tie-up with Myanmar Economic Holdings Public Company due to the local partner's military connections.

Many customers have postponed travel and events due to the novel coronavirus, and it’s unclear when Japan's government will lift its entry ban for foreign tourists.

After leveling a 120-meter-high mountain, officials gave up on a new town program and instead transformed the site into facilities for U.S. military personnel stationed nearby.

Services will be held remotely in Kyoto, and prayers will be sent to the "space temple" to be saved in its memory.

Agriculture, fishery and forestry exports in 2020 hit a record high for the eighth consecutive year, with household items such as eggs and rice seeing a boost in sales during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the farm ministry said Friday. Preliminary data by the Agriculture, Forestry ...

Opposition parties have called for Mori's resignation, but Suga has been hesitant to criticize the organizing committee chief, who still has a large influence within the LDP.

Tokyo confirmed 577 new COVID-19 cases Friday, with the daily count in the capital standing below 1,000 for the eighth straight day. Under the metropolitan government's standards, the number of severely ill patients with the coronavirus rose by two from the previous day to 117. Of ...

Controversial remarks by Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, have been given a "gold medal" for sexism from an international human rights advocacy group after he said earlier this week that women talk too much. "Women in Japan are grossly underrepresented ...

When will the pandemic end? It’s the question hanging over just about everything since COVID-19 took over the world last year. The answer can be measured in vaccinations. Bloomberg has built the biggest database of COVID-19 shots given around the world, with more than 108 ...

A key aide to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested Friday, days after a coup that has sparked outrage and calls by U.S. President Joe Biden for the generals to relinquish power. The arrest came after the streets of Myanmar's biggest city ...

Declines in outlays for culture and recreation contributed most to the overall drop, while spending on transportation and communication fell as consumers avoided direct contact.

Netflix’s basic plan will climb to ¥990 a month from ¥880, while the standard tier rises to ¥1,490 from ¥1,320.

Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday its global production will be cut by 7,000 vehicles in February from its initial plan, as it will not be able to procure enough chips for key safety and environmental technology amid a global shortage. The automaker will review its ...

Facebook will have to decide how to play the delicate balance of protecting the democratic politicians and activists versus cooperating with the new regime to get services restored.

The outbreak of COVID-19 on a cruise ship anchored off Yokohama last February provided an early test of Japan’s defenses against a deadly virus that would later go on to upend our lives.

"We will confront China's economic abuses, counter its aggressive coercive action, push back on China's attack on human rights, intellectual property and global governance," Biden said.

"It seems that we can have more information about the Russian vaccines,” he said, citing a recent study and Russia’s initiatives to register its Sputnik V shot with EU authorities.

Top communications ministry bureaucrats are under investigation following a report that they were treated to expensive dinners by a son of the PM.

To use a military analogy, the initial attack on SolarWinds was a carpet-bombing, which had immediate (if undetected) effects across the entire field of battle.

If neither Biden nor Xi wants to risk any political capital to make the first move, the U.S.-China relationship is highly likely to worsen further.

No matter how small the startup, because of COVID-19, it can finally hire people, build teams, invest in what always yields the highest returns for any new venture — human capital.

Wordplay is used in a non-comical way even in traditional Japanese dishes at the holidays, with the names of ingredients recalling expressions of good tidings.

The international performing arts festival has three new program directors and a renewed focus on experimentation.

Mayumi Taniguchi, one of the Japan Rugby Football Union's five female board members, called Tokyo Olympic chief Yoshiro Mori's remarks about women "incomprehensible" and "off target" on Friday. "First of all, there is no truth in what he said," Taniguchi, the director in charge of ...

The former judoka, now a sports sociology professor, is concerned over how the former prime minister's controversial statements on women could impact public opinion toward the Tokyo Games.

Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather's exhibition fight in Tokyo this month has been postponed because of coronavirus restrictions, organizers announced Friday. The retired former champion, now 43, was scheduled to fight against an unnamed opponent at Tokyo Dome on Feb. 28, but organizers pulled the plug ...

The practical question is no longer if they should play Super Bowl LV — the last of 269 NFL games this season — but how to play it and how it will be presented.

A teary-eyed Sofia Kenin lost a repeat of last year's Australian Open final against Garbine Muguruza as warm-up tournaments for the Grand Slam resumed Friday after the latest coronavirus scare. World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty grinded out a tough win over Shelby Rogers but fourth-ranked ...

Keisuke Honda will join Portuguese first-division side Portimonense until the end of the season after parting ways with Brazilian club Botafogo, the former Japan midfielder said Thursday. The 34-year-old Honda, who also had spells with AC Milan, CSKA Moscow, Dutch sides Vitesse Arnhem and VVV-Venlo, ...

The former Tokyo 2020 swim captain struggled to close out the men's 400-meter medley in his first competition since his suspension for an extramarital affair.

The NHL had a difficult Wednesday, with 40 players landing on the list of absences caused by COVID-19. On Thursday, the league announced a series of additional coronavirus protocols. The league statement includes comments from commissioner Gary Bettman, who said, of the 100 players on ...

Formula One will not try to jump the queue for vaccines to protect its longest-ever season from the COVID-19 pandemic, new boss Stefano Domenicali said. Some countries have drawn criticism by vaccinating their athletes, or planning to do so, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Soccer bosses ...

World Rugby Vice Chairman Bernard Laporte said on Thursday a decision on July's test window, including the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa, will be made by the end of next month. France is scheduled to head to Australia and Italy to New ...