In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, the religious police once elicited terror, chasing men and women out of malls to pray and berating anyone seen mingling with the opposite sex.

The company currently owns about 51% of the unit. Of the total, 26% will be sold to a joint venture between trading house Itochu Corp. and investment fund Japan Industrial Partners Inc.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 4,051 new coronavirus cases, more than a fourfold increase from a week before.

"I want to expand the party and change this society by doing whatever it takes to win in the House of Councillors election (this summer)," Fukushima said.

The figure was up 0.8 percentage point from a year before, when it dived amid the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

Japan currently bans the new entry of foreign nationals in principle as part of COVID-19 border control measures.

Japan’s five-year yields have advanced to the highest level since the Bank of Japan introduced its negative interest rate policy in January 2016.

The South African study, which is yet to be peer reviewed, offer data that suggests "intrinsically reduced virulence of omicron.”

Many have searched for an X-factor to explain differing mortality rates between countries, and Nagoya University scientists think part of the answer might be in the gut.

The survey found that 38.4% of respondents support Japan's decision, while 25.9% oppose the move and 35.6% answered neither or said they do not know.

Of the group of 31 who started the 10 week course, only 15 finished, with the closing week at the sprawling Zuoying navy base in southern Taiwan being the last test.

The gap for people under 65 has now been shifted to seven months, and the government has also cut the isolation time for close contacts to 10 days.

An investigation committee has recommended improving personnel distribution, promoting acquisition of expertise by relevant personnel and clarifying ways to deal with problems as they occur.

China is the only major country in the world still pursuing an aggressive "COVID zero" approach, but the country's stringent tactics don't seem to be working.

Last week, Cambodia's strongman ruler Hun Sen made the first trip by a foreign leader to Myanmar, but critics say his actions risked legitimizing the junta.

All of the websites that went down had some of their content replaced for a time by messages in Russian, Polish and Ukrainian that made references to "historic lands.”

The disarray has triggered a wave of anger from holed-up residents, and exposed a government underprepared for the highly infectious omicron variant.

Kaifu, who was prime minister from August 1989 to November 1991, died Sunday, according to a source.

The country’s largest bank will soon require new clients to pay ¥550 a year for a passbook in a bid to encourage them to embrace digital services.

The rise in the prices of goods traded between companies followed a record 9.2% gain in November and marked the 10th straight month of growth.

Some 5,000 people sustain spinal cord injuries every year in Japan and the number of people living with spinal cord injuries is said to exceed 150,000.

China's crackdown on dissent has silenced most Hong Kong democracy activists and has now begun to focus on the press, causing an "unprecedented climate of fear in the industry."

The country has already agreeing to procure enough of the drug, Paxlovid, for 2 million people

The findings illustrate a worrying feedback loop between biodiversity loss and the global climate crisis, with forests being vital for trapping carbon.

Following the popularity of the "Squid Game" series, Netflix is hoping to ride its Korean surge to greater success elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region in order to attract more subscribers.

The bringing forward of the timeline is mainly due to envisaged increases in tax income, which is expected to continue growing gradually on the back of rising corporate tax revenues.

The main targets of the concealment of patents are nuclear-related and other advanced technologies such as quantum cryptography, which enhances the security of data communications.

Companies that handed out more than 5 tons of disposable plastic items to customers in the previous fiscal year will be subject to the measure.

Flights between China and key destinations like Europe, Japan and North America are even lower now than they were a year ago.

While many Japanese companies are moving to further promote remote work, some have also said that countermeasures "could vary" and that they want to take a "flexible approach."

North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that the pursuit of an advanced hypersonic missiles system is the country's "legitimate right,” and accused the U.S. of using "gangster-like” logic.

The prime minister is seeing support from some sections of his own party lacking in the wake of a scandal surrounding parties held during lockdown.

The two, a Turkish man and an Iranian man, each spent more than three years in detention, and are claiming their prolonged detentions lacked rationality.

While the endgame is still unclear, China watchers predict that the days of blistering home-price gains and debt-fueled building sprees by billionaire property tycoons are set to fade.

A punishing mix of heat and humidity that makes outdoor labor difficult and dangerous is causing around 677 billion lost working hours a year.

A statement from Buckingham Palace said the move had been given Queen Elizabeth's approval.

Hopes faded that negotiators could forge a path toward resolving the security crisis surrounding Ukraine.

COVID-19 deaths make all the headlines, but what flies under the radar are the increased rates of obesity, unemployment, depression, alcoholism and suicides.

Comparing generations is hard. That is in large part because as the world changes, so do the markers of success.

The year's performance is a good sign as the TSE prepares for a restructuring in early April that is intended to revitalize corporate governance and attract global investors.

Some observers have interpreted Japan’s effort to foster relationships with other security partners as a sign of fissures in the U.S.-Japan alliance.

The kanji for "teki" can be seen in many words, and it's a rather versatile one that works particularly well as a suffix.

The arrival of the Year of the Tiger is an opportune moment to go over a few idioms and sayings that involve the animal of 2022.

The Tokyo Bar Association has put together a multilingual questionnaire to try and find answers on how suspected racial profiling affects the non-Japanese community.

Ditch the downer sounds of 2021 for brighter bops, Shibuya-kei and breakout hits via TikTok.

The win improved the 37-year-old Tamawashi's career record between the Mongolian-born grapplers to 6-10 and left both with 5-1 records.

Side-arm closer Shingo Takatsu and seemingly ageless lefty Masahiro Yamamoto were announced as the newest members of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday.

The Australian government says Djokovic, who is unvaccinated, may pose a risk to the community.

Uchimura said he is looking forward to a finale in March unlike that of any other gymnast.

Arsenal held out for over an hour with a man down to leave its League Cup semifinal with Liverpool in a delicate position after a 0-0 tie in the first leg at Anfield on Thursday. The Gunners looked set to pay the price after former ...

The list was published after a year in which Osaka withdrew from the French Open to focus on her mental health.

Watabe was overall Nordic combined World Cup champion for the 2017-18 season, becoming only the second Japanese athlete to achieve the feat.