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Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district, seen in this photo taken April 25, is normally packed with foreign visitors.

April travelers to Japan dropped 99.9% from year earlier to 2,900

An estimated 2,900 foreign travelers visited Japan in April, down 99.9 percent from a year earlier, amid the global coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest government data. It is the first time that the monthly figure, which was released Wednesday, has slipped below the 10,000 mark since...

College students wearing masks walk to a job fair in Tokyo's Minato Ward on March 1, as the year's job-hunting season officially began amid spreading coronavirus infections.

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Japan’s job-seeking students face sex harassment as law set to take effect

The threat of sexual harassment is an all-too-real concern for students seeking jobs, and it is sometimes their university alumni who use promises of patronage to abuse their position of trust. University students looking to enter the workforce commonly contact alumni at their target companies...

The usual crowds of tourists are absent from Kiyomizu Temple in the city of Kyoto on Saturday.

Japan quells rumors it will pay for half of visitors’ expenses

by Jesse Johnson

Foreign tourists dreaming of having 50 percent of their flight and travel to Japan paid for by the government may need to think again. The Japan Tourism Agency on Wednesday dispelled rumors that the country is planning to offer a campaign that would pay half of visitors’ expenses as it seeks t...

Large screens on a building in Tokyo's Shinuku district show a live broadcast of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Monday news conference on the lifting of the state of emergency.

Japan to expand entry ban to visitors from India and 10 other nations

Japan is expanding its entry ban to visitors from India and 10 other nations as part of border control steps to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday. The Foreign Ministry raised its travel advisory for the 11 countries — Afghanistan, Argentina, India...

An elderly woman crosses a street in Tokyo on Sunday. On Monday, the government plans to lift the state of emergency imposed on the Tokyo metropolitan area and Hokkaido, according to government sources.

Japan to completely lift state of emergency as virus cases tail off

The Japanese government plans to completely lift the state of emergency over the novel coronavirus pandemic on Monday, before it expires on May 31, government sources said Sunday. At a meeting of its coronavirus response task force on Monday, the government will decide to remove the emergency ...