Japan to lift state of emergency for nine prefectures
The move comes as coronavirus cases decline nationwide and vaccinations ramp up, though there are fears of a resurgence in infections leading into the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan to cap big event audiences at 10,000 after COVID-19 emergency
The announcement — made less than five weeks before the opening ceremony of the Olympics — effectively determines how many local fans will be able to attend the games in ...
Suga's policy wins overshadowed by COVID-19 as Diet session wraps up
Without the pandemic, the prime minister would have enough achievements under his belt to be untroubled by a forthcoming LDP leadership contest and general election.
With record warplane incursion near Taiwan, China has a message: We won't be cowed
The mission comes as Beijing faces international calls to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait and as the Chinese Communist Party's 100th anniversary fast approaches.
Masahiro Tanaka and Tomoyuki Sugano highlight Samurai Japan squad for Tokyo Games
‘Deeply disturbing’ Toshiba report points to powerful figures
Japan's vaccine chief suggests suspending shipments over slow reporting
Promised LGBT bill to fall by wayside a month before Japan's ‘diversity’ Olympics
Why Asia, the pandemic champion, remains miles away from the finish line
Some COVID-19 patients had symptoms six months after diagnosis, Japanese survey shows
Officials from Japan, U.S. and South Korea to meet on North Korea issues
Giant Buddhist goddess gets face mask to pray for end of COVID-19
'No time to waste' warns Kimiko Hirata, prize-winning Japanese climate activist
Japan's Diet enacts security-linked land bill
Japan's vaccine chief suggests suspending shipments over slow reporting
U.K. secures market access to Japan for poultry meat imports
Dollar slips through ¥110 in Tokyo
Nikkei suffers modest setback in mixed trading
‘Deeply disturbing’ Toshiba report points to powerful figures
Japan Display, a fading iPhone LCD screen-maker, pivots to virtual reality
BOJ sees no need for extra bond-buying tweaks for now, sources say
Hong Kong arrests Apple Daily editor on security law, SCMP Says
Issue at Chinese nuclear plant may be less alarming than the politics around it
Regeneron drug reduces COVID-19 patient deaths in large study
Half of China-backed overseas coal projects shelved
Proposed changes to South Korea citizenship law face anti-China headwinds
Kim says North Korea’s food situation is ‘getting tense’
An agreement on tax could remind world of G7’s value
The G7 could be relevant, however, as an avatar for democratic and value-oriented leadership and some leaders see the institution evolving in that direction.
Naomi Osaka shows what a real champion is made of
Osaka is an introvert with high expectations of herself and who battles anxiety and depression. Success and those earnings have not eliminated her unease.
The party politics behind the annual no-confidence motion
All LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai needed was something to justify his outspoken preference for a snap election, and the no-confidence motion was just that.
Here we go again: China’s wrong turn in population policy
The cost of population aging are not a problem for China. It is a budgetary issue, not a demographic one.
Masahiro Tanaka and Tomoyuki Sugano highlight Samurai Japan squad for Tokyo Games
Antagonism and conflict fuel England's rivalry with Scotland
Ryo Ishikawa has one last chance to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
Former world champion says Australia's Olympic hopes boosted by schedule shift
Yuka Saso gets dream meeting with idol Rory McIlroy
Carp stop Lions to put Central League on top in interleague
Sari Kaede: 'It's possible to be an ordinary person who just happens to be a trans woman'
Mental health during the pandemic: ‘A lot of us feel like we’re in a dark tunnel’
What exactly does it mean when someone tells you to ‘act your age’?
Shozo Street is ‘sacred ground’ for cafe lovers
‘The Party and the People’ shows Chinese leadership as responsive but unaccountable to the public
Detained but not silent: Stories from inside Japan’s immigration centers
‘Colorless’: A layered love affair with an enigmatic woman
‘Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko’: What it lacks in conflict, it makes up for with heart
