Some housing complexes have even put up camps to test staff for free before they enter the building, but many employers are insisting the maids pay for the tests from their own wages.

A resurgence of infections is putting pressure on the medical system with just three months until the opening of the Tokyo Olympics.

Japan's richest people accumulated more wealth over the past year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with their collective wealth jumping nearly 50%, Forbes Asia reported Thursday. The collective net worth of the country's 50 richest people rose 48% to $249 billion from the previous year, thanks ...

A police officer helping with Japan's Olympic Torch relay has become the first participant in the event to be diagnosed with COVID-19, organizers said on Thursday. A man in his 30s tested positive for the virus after working on the relay in Shikoku's Kagawa Prefecture, ...

The investment banker-turned-president has been bruised by rallies against police violence and his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, among other issues.

A South Korean court’s reversal on a previous “comfort women” ruling may be seen as a win for Japan, but Tokyo is not celebrating just yet.

In neighboring Kobe, an official painted a grim picture: "Every day, we have to choose lives for hospitals. We don't want to do it, but that's the situation now."

Suga announced Thursday that Japan will target a 46% cut in greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 from 2013 levels, a sharp upgrade from its earlier goal of a 26% cut.

Kobayashi is currently chairman of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. and on the management committee of the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommission Facilitation Corp.

The figure is higher than the 729 cases reported last Thursday, and it is the second day in a row that the tally has topped 800.

The survey showed that 70.3% of respondents said they turn down such calls from their superiors while 60.2% answered they refuse invitations from clients.

While storing and managing data within Japan may better protect against foreign governments' attempts to obtain personal information, critics are yet to be convinced.

Following the news that the firm had allowed a Chinese software company to access users’ personal information, calls are being made for better regulation of information.

If the government goes on with the Olympics even as circumstances don’t support it, some fear investors overseas will view Japan as incapable of dealing with emergencies.

The biennial auto show is a major event attracting people and companies from various automotive and other fields, with the latest event held in 2019 drawing some 1.3 million people.

A group of hackers have executed a ransomware attack on Hoya Corp., marking the second successful attack on the Japanese firm in two years. ”We can confirm that Hoya Vision Care U.S. has experienced a cyberattack. Based on our initial forensics, the disruption appears to ...

On March 23, a Hong Kong High Court judge denied former Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan’s bail appeal and sent him back to Lai Chi Kok prison. "Keep going!” Wan shouted as he was led away by guards. "The Department of Justice will be judged ...

The European Union, U.K., Japan, Switzerland, Brazil and Norway are also among territories resisting the measure currently before the WTO.

Pressure on wealthy governments to stop financing polluting coal projects in developing nations is getting results, but the battle is far from over, environmentalists say.

The operator of Bizreach, one of the country’s most popular recruiting platforms for professionals, Visional rose as much as 50% above its ¥5,000 IPO price.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram are all inundated with messages from distraught family members and friends.

The developments are an indicator of the broad, bipartisan sentiment in Congress to counter China’s growing economic and strategic power.

The Chinese Embassy criticized the move by Foreign Minister Marise Payne as "provocative" and said it would further damage ties with Australia.

"Unless the current leadership suddenly says it’s gotten policy wrong all this time, it’s pretty much done all it can,” says former executive director Hideo Hayakawa.

Domestic approval for the antiviral drug to treat the coronavirus was dealt a setback in December after a health ministry panel said that trial data was inconclusive.

Based on my observations, global media coverage of the Suga-Biden summit meeting in Washington was rather favorable. Walter Russell Mead, for example, wrote in The Wall Street Journal that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s visit was “hailed in both countries as a major success,” and ...

The latest proposal hews more closely to the American model of sports where the same teams compete and see steady income and higher valuations as a consequence.

The jury was not asked to determine whether racism was behind the incident. It was asked to only to determine whether Chauvin knowingly caused Floyd’s death.

After finding a haul of photos at a flea market, one artist has spent her time in lockdown trying to reunite them with their owners.

The nine-member pop act NiziU moved from a reality TV show competition to the top of the Japanese music charts with ease — and that was the strategy all along.

Try as teams might, the Jacksonville Jaguars are not planning to part with the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Jacksonville is expected to select Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence first overall next Thursday when the draft begins with the Jaguars on the clock ...

The Indianapolis 500 will allow up to 135,000 spectators for the race on May 30, the largest crowd for a sporting event in the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Despite suffering a severe knee injury, Ramu Tokashiki has not yet abandoned her hopes of competing at the Summer Olympics.

Kazuma Okamoto hit a pair of solo home runs to help lift the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers, whose winning streak was snapped at eight games on Wednesday. Trailing 2-0 in the second, Okamoto, last year's CL ...

Women's tennis star Naomi Osaka, an outspoken critic of racial injustice, expressed dismay Tuesday that the conviction of a white police officer in the United States for killing a Black man was in doubt. The video footage of Minnesota police officer Derrick Chauvin kneeling on ...

Ohtani batted second as the designated hitter and hit a solo shot off Texas starter Mike Foltynewicz in the third inning.

Olympians who take a knee or lift a fist in support of racial equality during the Tokyo Olympics will be punished as the International Olympic Committee maintained its ban on protests inside stadiums, at ceremonies and on podiums on Wednesday. The IOC's Rule 50 forbids ...

Bach said the decision is a proactive response appropriate for the Golden Week holiday period.