Japan cautiously enters year-end party season amid omicron concerns
Japan is entering its end-of-year party season with most COVID-19 restrictions lifted, but concerns over the new variant are likely to keep the festive mood restrained.
Kishida likely to postpone U.S. visit until next year amid omicron concerns, report says
A postponement of Kishida's meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden would mean an increasingly busy diplomatic calendar for top Japanese and U.S. officials in the new year.
As global costs soar, Japan's 'shrinkflation' gets harder to swallow
While the practice is hardly unique to Japan, its prevalence in the world's No. 3 economy is a notable legacy of years of deflation.
Japan suspends visas for would-be residents amid crackdown on inbound travel
Effective Thursday, the central government temporarily suspended for one month visas that have been issued but not used to enter Japan.
Japan expands tougher quarantine rules to India, Greece and Romania
GSDF and U.S. Marines begin large-scale joint exercise aimed at defending remote islands
Japanese Supreme Court confirms obligation to pay NHK viewing fees
Japan defense chief asks U.S. to address fighter jet safety concerns after accident
Revisions to corporate tax reductions intended to encourage pay hikes are the biggest focus of the forthcoming tax system reform.
With its exit, Didi sends a signal: China no longer needs Wall Street
U.S. keeps Japan and China on 'monitoring list' over currency practices
PlayStation plans new service to take on Xbox Game Pass
SoftBank poised to lose $74 billion payday if Arm deal is halted
Saving the dinosaurs: Startups drive to electrify fossil-fuel cars
Japan to urge broadcasters to regularly report on foreign ownership
Senior Chinese officials say Biden democracy summit will be a 'joke’
Top Communist Party officials slammed the planned democracy summit next week, saying the American political system doesn’t represent a real democracy.
South Korean presidential candidate eyes economic security with Japan
Carrie Lam’s second term depends on 0.02% of Hong Kong’s people
Facebook users rewrite Marcos history in race to succeed Duterte
U.S. and South Korea to update war plans while urging diplomacy with North Korea
South Korea reports two omicron cases on flight from Nigeria, reports say
Press body urges lifting of travel ban on Philippine journalist for Nobel Prize
Omicron variant may have picked up a piece of common-cold virus
This could mean the virus transmits more easily, while only causing mild or asymptomatic disease.
U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware
We have to live with COVID. Here’s how we get our lives back.
Omicron scare haunts 53,000 New York anime convention attendees
WHO says no omicron deaths yet, as variant spreads worldwide
As negotiations stall, how much does Japan actually pay to host U.S. forces?
With Trump having lost the election and time running out to strike a deal, the Japanese government is looking at a one-year extension of the current agreement.
What you need to know about the not-so-fairy tale of Princess Mako
What the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy brings to Suga's table
Referendum a pivotal moment for Osaka and its politicians
Suga's rejection of nominees to top advisory body prompts calls for reform
Japan's mobile phone carriers brace for further intervention by Suga
A closer look at the LDP lawmakers who support Suga
