The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has said a total of about 6,700 seniors have so far received vaccine shots across Japan since the government started inoculations.

While Fidel was the charismatic leader who rallied Cubans to defend the revolution and defy the United States, Raul, 89, built the military into a formidable fighting force.

South Korea told Kerry that it wants the United States to join efforts to urge Japan to more swiftly provide related information to the international community in a more transparent manner.

Descriptions from doctors and women paint a detailed picture of the sexual violence against women in Tigray and the military’s alleged involvement in it.

Tokyo also saw a significant rise from last Sunday with 543 new infections, up from 421.

Pfizer has accepted Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's request to supply additional doses of the shots, vaccine chief Taro Kono said Sunday.

Just as some patients recovering from COVID-19 suffer long-lasting symptoms, it’s becoming clear that the same will be true for the global economy.

"Cancers can progress rapidly in a short period of time," a society official said, urging people who did not undergo cancer screening in 2020 to make sure they get screened this year.

Stopped in their tracks by the pandemic, citizens around the world are once again bracing to mobilize for the planet in a year marked by several major international summits on climate and biodiversity. In 2019, millions of people, led by student and youth organizations, flooded ...

When it comes to using psychedelics for therapeutic reasons, there is mounting interest from researchers and investors, as well as a public push to reconsider bans on the drugs.

The agreement comes only days before Biden is scheduled to hold a virtual climate summit with world leaders, hoping to prod countries to do more to reduce emissions.

The battle between the state and environmental activists is not new in India, but it has rarely been fought by young people.

The issue has become all the more urgent since safety concerns have been raised about vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca.

Japan was the most positively rated country in Asia among Americans and trails only Canada, Britain and France globally.

The Biden-Suga summit highlighted the two nations' strong ties, but the actual work to upgrade the alliance may require further coordination in areas ranging from Taiwan and rights to trade.

The two major international accords on climate, the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol, were both crafted through intense U.S. diplomacy only to be shunned by Washington.

A gifted child's talents go to waste as a result of his ethnicity. Falling into a life of despair, he lashes out in revenge. How would his situation be treated nearly 100 years later?

Biden on Friday signed an order intended to accelerate processing of refugees while keeping former President Donald Trump’s 15,000-person cap in place.

Navalny risks cardiac arrest as his health has rapidly deteriorated, doctors warned, urging immediate access to Russia's most famous prisoner.

The international community has largely condemned the junta for use of force against unarmed civilians, but regional leaders have sought to open communications with the regime.

The Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9, was interred in the Royal Vault at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after a 50-minute service attended by just 30 guests.

The clashes followed a decision by authorities not to prosecute 24 Sinn Fein politicians who last year attended a funeral for an IRA man, in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions.

By April 2020, half of U.S. physicians had adopted some version of telemedicine, up from 18% in 2018.

Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden invited the leaders of Japan, Australia and India to join him online for a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (“Quad”). Under the Trump administration, the foreign ministers of the Quad countries had convened twice since 2018, but the March 2021 ...

Beautifully designed and reasonably priced, “On: Design” checks out four new hotels that offer out-of-the-ordinary stays.

Researchers have found strategies work perfectly when hope is on the horizon, but the path toward it isn’t clear.

While Japan's highest-grossing film is accessible to all in its home country, younger viewers in the United States must be accompanied by their parents.

Eirin, Japan's film classification board, has to consider eight factors when rating a film: violence, nudity, sex, crime, drugs, terror, language and theme.

In his novel, Keiichiro Hirano provides a detailed view of politics, culture and economics at the start of the 21st century alongside a story about star-crossed lovers.

Daiki Hashimoto came from behind to win his maiden Japan national gymnastics championship on Sunday and take the lead in the qualification race for this summer's Tokyo Olympics. Hashimoto, who started the day in seventh place from Friday's preliminary round, claimed a dramatic victory after ...

Sanfrecce Hiroshima clawed their way to a 1-1 draw against J. League first-division leader Kawasaki Frontale on Sunday, with Tsukasa Morishima equalizing midway through the second half to cancel out Akihiro Ienaga's opener. The stalemate at Kawasaki's Todoroki Stadium snapped a four-game winning streak for ...

The 29-year-old's triumph at Augusta National, achieved with clubs produced by Japanese manufacturers, could raise sales and bring younger participants to ranges and courses.

Yu Darvish threw seven innings of one-hit, one-run ball Saturday but took his first loss of the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the San Diego Padres 2-0. The Japanese right-hander struck out nine in a pitching duel with three-time Cy Young Award-winning ...

The WTA Tour has unveiled plans for nine more weeks of its 2021 calendar, with some changes made in light of the one-week delay to the start of the French Open. The women's tennis tour had already released the first 27 weeks of its 2021 ...

Swimming star Rikako Ikee vowed Saturday to make her presence felt at the Tokyo Olympics this summer after she dramatically earned her spot on Japan's team this month as she continues her recovery from leukemia. The 20-year-old, diagnosed with the disease in February 2019, stunned ...

Steven Rojas was ready. He had already started the program of long runs, track workouts, and tempo efforts prescribed by Brooklyn Track Club in anticipation of running the 2020 New York Marathon. Then the novel coronavirus hit. Organizers cancelled the 26.2-mile (42.1-kilometer) race that famously ...

UEFA is expected to formalize radical reforms to the format of the Champions League at a key meeting of its executive committee on Monday which could also see some cities removed as hosts of the delayed Euro 2020. Plans to reform Europe's elite club competition ...

The former Yankees ace, who rejoined Rakuten over the winter after seven seasons in the majors, was tagged for two home runs in Saturday's loss to the Fighters.

Yokohama FC and Vegalta Sendai played out a 2-2 draw on Saturday in the J. League top flight as the two teams without a win this term remained at the foot of the table. Visiting Vegalta would be more pleased with the result after coming ...

The 17-year-old world champion's comments offered a boost to local sporting officials as they prepare to welcome thousands of athletes to this summer's troubled Tokyo Olympics.

Mai Murakami, the first Japanese woman to win a world gymnastics all-around silver medal, defended her national title on Saturday and took a step toward qualifying for this summer's Tokyo Olympics. Murakami, who represented Japan at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, earned 112.564 points ...