Japan education officials divided on reopening schools amid COVID-19 outbreaks
A panel composed of infectious disease experts said that extending school closures in areas particularly hard-hit by COVID-19 could be an option.
With suicide note and lawsuit, Moritomo scandal back to haunt Abe
With the publication of a suicide note by a former Finance Ministry official and subsequent lawsuit by his widow, the Moritomo Gakuen scandal has returned to haunt Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. But with Abe saying the issue has been settled and Japan finding itself ...
Abenomask? Prime minister's 'two masks per household' policy spawns memes on social media
Social media has expressed shock at what they see as a tone-deaf policy.
Experts warn of health care collapse in Japan if virus keeps spreading
The health care systems in Tokyo and the four prefectures of Kanagawa, Aichi, Osaka and Hyogo are under increased strain, a panel of experts noted.
Head of Japan medical society in U.S. urges Japan to hurry COVID-19 measures
Infant girl in serious condition after COVID-19 infection, Yamanashi officials say
Abe considers calling off Russia visit in May due to coronavirus
Olympic flame to be shown for one month at Fukushima's J-Village
Town mayor admits to getting cash from scandal-hit ex-minister Kawai
Japan starts certifying archivists after criticism of lax record-keeping
SoftBank Group Corp. is scrapping an agreement to spend $3 billion (¥322 billion) to buy WeWork stock from former CEO Adam Neumann and other shareholders, despite threats of legal action from some members of the company’s board. SoftBank had agreed to buy the shares from ...
As media layoffs grow, U.S. newspapers are pleading for urgent relief
Financial stimulus in rich countries could worsen fates of poorer economies
Britons to receive 'stop-gap' loan relief to weather pandemic
Japan izakaya chains to temporarily close amid coronavirus crisis
Japan weighing support to rush life-saving machines to virus-hit hospitals
Australian student says North Korea threatened to execute him
An Australian student arrested for spying and expelled from North Korea last year said he was threatened with a firing-squad execution and told not even U.S. President Donald Trump could save his "sorry arse." Among the crimes Alek Sigley was accused of committing was posting ...
Pakistan court overturns convictions in death of Daniel Pearl
Hong Kongers embrace workouts in confined spaces during pandemic
U.S. and South Korea near tentative troop-funding deal, report says
In China, a young diplomat rises as aggressive foreign policy takes root
The U.N.'s COP26 climate change summit due to take place in the Scottish city of Glasgow in November has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the British government said Wednesday. "In light of the ongoing, worldwide effects of COVID-19, holding an ambitious, inclusive COP26 ...
Finland is told its welfare state can’t cope with virus fallout
After a long day of lockdown, is having a drink an 'essential service'?
COVID-19 cases near million as U.S. records death of six-week-old baby
U.S. college seniors hurried to squeeze in last school memories
25 years after Tokyo subway attack, Aum is a shadow of its former self
Doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo's sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway trains shocked Japan and the world, raising concerns over nonstate organizations obtaining weapons of mass destruction.
What will Abe's amended law for a national emergency mean in practice?
Women in Japanese politics: Why so few after so very long?
A Tokyo prosecutor's delayed retirement spurs more allegations of Abe cronyism
The Japanese Communist Party's quest to unify a shattered opposition
Osaka referendum: Merger gets second chance, but are voters on board?
