Yoshihide Suga

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he will make a formal decision in a matter of days on what would be the third emergency declaration of the pandemic.

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has an idea of what an international project to go back to the moon will eventually lead to: Humans enjoying hamburgers on the lunar surface. Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga laugh during a call from the International ...

The prime minister does not plan to visit the shrine during a two-day spring festival through Thursday.

Pfizer is expected to provide an additional 50 million doses by September in a contract that could be agreed on this month, a report said Wednesday.

The global warming summit represents a chance to further cement commitments by the U.S. and Japanese leaders while promoting multilateral efforts to meet Paris Agreement goals.

The trip, which had been scheduled from late April to early May, was intended to reaffirm Japan's cooperation with the two countries as they look to counter Chinese assertiveness.

Most importantly, for the first time, the two governments explicitly identified China as the preeminent challenge facing their alliance.

The island's deputy representative to Japan hailed a joint statement issued after a U.S.-Japan summit that mentioned Taiwan for the first time in 52 years.

Currently at least five different government bodies are in charge of policies related to children, often causing confusion among parents.

Pfizer has accepted Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's request to supply additional doses of the shots, vaccine chief Taro Kono said Sunday.

Japan was the most positively rated country in Asia among Americans and trails only Canada, Britain and France globally.

The Biden-Suga summit highlighted the two nations' strong ties, but the actual work to upgrade the alliance may require further coordination in areas ranging from Taiwan and rights to trade.