The rollout of third injections will begin with medical personnel from December.

Countries have rushed to sign deals to buy molnupiravir since data last month showed that when given early in the illness the drug could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalized.

The new proposals aim to provide beds for up to 36,000 coronavirus patients.

Lee Jae-myung has previously expressed his distrust of Japan, which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 until the end of World War II in 1945.

A spokesman for the firm said there were many ways to approach carbon neutrality outside the deal.

The government wants to highlight the positive side of the industry, which employs over 15 million Indonesians and generates around 13% of the country's exports.

Yoshimasa Hayashi's father served as chairman of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union when he was a lawmaker.

Abe will assume the post at a general meeting on Thursday of the faction, currently headed by former LDP Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda, with the group renamed the Abe faction.

China is three to six months from launching its third and most modern aircraft carrier, new analysis shows, in what would be a milestone in projecting power into the high seas.

A senior U.S. diplomat will meet newly selected presidential candidates in South Korea this week, ahead of next year's election that will shape the future of the two allies' relations.

In the weeks since the murder of Mohib Ullah, a top member of the volunteer group that the Rohingya activist headed has received phone calls telling him he'll be next. And he's not alone.

New COVID-19 restrictions in the Chinese area bordering North Korea may have scuttled Kim Jong Un’s plans to reopen a vital crossing that has been closed for almost two years.

After just over a month in office, some experts say Kishida may be looking to moderate an increasingly hawkish approach to Tokyo's relationship with Beijing.

With deliberations canceled or shortened due to the virus, some decisions have been made unilaterally — raising concerns about the functions of assemblies being eroded.

The rush to set up the panels, dealing with a range of issues, is seen as part of the prime minister's drive to produce achievements ahead of next summer's House of Councillors election.

The seven-day average of new infection cases was 23.1, up from 20.3 a week earlier.

If approved by the health ministry, Pfizer's shot will be the first to be administered to children under 11 in Japan.

Automakers are amping up investments aimed at weaning car buyers away from fossil fuels and meeting increasingly tough decarbonization targets.

While Wednesday's legislative session to re-elect Kishida might have appeared to be ceremonial, one thing is clear: He is now on a much more solid footing within the LDP.

Despite Evergrande's debt woes, its electric vehicles unit is planning to push ahead with its plan to sell shares to fund production of new energy cars.

The prosecutors launched a probe after complaints in the wake of revelations company executives received money and goods from a municipal official.

The comments are a rare, high-profile criticism within China's elite of a pandemic approach that countries like Singapore and Australia have abandoned.

The parties also agreed to offer ¥20,000 worth of points to holders of My Number identification cards.

The disruption stemmed from work to switch computer servers for devices using internet of things, or IoT, systems, including taxi fare payment terminals and vending machines.

The move is designed to "shift to a more flexible cost structure," JR East President and CEO Yuji Fukasawa told a news conference Tuesday.

China’s Defense Ministry issued a statement strongly condemning the congressional visit, which it said interfered in China’s internal affairs.

Some 190 birds died at a farm between Monday and Tuesday and the virus was detected in 12 of them, said officials in Akita Prefecture.

Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state for the region, also said he believes increased defense spending by Japan would "make Asia more secure and more prosperous."

Many people weren't able to receive tests amid the fifth wave of infections and experts have expressed concerns that the number of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients may have increased.

Toyota, Volkswagen and the Nissan-Renault alliance did not join the pledge, and the governments of Japan, the United States and China — three of the largest car markets — also abstained.

History indicates that repurchases need to keep coming for any gains to be sustained.

Shinsei has moved to defend itself from an SBI takeover bid, saying it would introduce a strategy designed to dilute the suitor’s stake.

After kicking off a year ago, the regulatory push has forever changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people in China and beyond.

Nearly five years after withdrawing from an 11-nation Pacific trade deal, the U.S. is still struggling to articulate its economic vision for the region.

It will take decades for COP26 measures to have a tangible impact on temperatures. In the meantime, countries like India have to learn to deal with heat that’s already baked in.

A research group said the national pledges submitted so far would allow the Earth's temperature to rise 2.4 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels by 2100.

U.S. officials believe direct engagement with Xi is the best way to prevent the relationship between the world's two biggest economies from spiraling toward conflict.

The U.S. now has with China, for the first time in at least a generation, a strategic competitor who possesses naval capabilities that rival its own.

As long as free electricity for pumping groundwater remains a popular ploy to garner farmers’ votes, politicians won’t want to lose control of the power sector.

Until news of the COVID-19 vaccine broke, energy had been the worst performing sector in 2020, falling by more than half.

The U.S. should be vigilant about emerging threats, but pouring more money into unproven missile-defense technologies isn’t the answer.

Despite making economic development his domestic priority five years ago, Kim has failed to improve basic living conditions in the country.

By withholding the records, the government has already admitted without saying so that the Warren Commission lied and that there are secrets that it is determined to protect.

After a two-year absence, the return of professional sumo to Fukuoka offers a chance to reassess the grand tournament schedule's most unique host.

Organizers said Monday they will construct a bespoke course at Haneda for the high-energy, street-based discipline, which is sanctioned by the International Gymnastics Federation.

The FIL said additional safety measures had been put in place with immediate effect on Tuesday, including the "set-up of blockades at a start height once training moves to the other start."

The Pyeongchang bronze medalist, who admits to being "swallowed up" by the Olympic atmosphere in the past, hopes a new jumping style will help her reach the top of the podium in Beijing.

A "group of death" featuring the United States, Canada and Germany is expected to show no mercy to the host nation, whose Olympic preparations have floundered in the wake of the pandemic.

Days after he tested positive, the former Super Bowl champion defiantly told "The Pat McAfee Show" that he had not lied, but returned to the program on Tuesday to clarify his comments.

In her last appearance for Brazil, the iconic midfielder will don the Selecao's yellow-and-green jersey in a Nov. 25 friendly against in the northern city of Manaus.

Blue Jays infielder Guerrero beat out Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani in the American League, while Harper won the award for the second time in the National League.