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Japan's household spending fell 6.0% in March from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, underscoring the deepening pain the coronavirus pandemic is inflicting on the world's third-largest ... ( read original story ...)

The British & Irish Lions are still planning to face Japan in a send-off Test match before next year’s tour to South Africa despite Warren Gatland floating the idea of a “decider” against New Zealand ... ( read original story ...)

Seven days before Japan quarantined a cruise ship in Yokohama early this year, in what became one of the first coronavirus hot spots outside China, another cruise ship docked in southern Japan. For ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has approved Gilead Sciences Inc's remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19, the health ministry said on Thursday, making it the country's first officially authorised drug for the disease. ( read original story ...)

Japan's time-honoured ritual of exchanging business cards face-to-face is under pressure as the government promotes a "new lifestyle" to combat the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)

Three fast-responding U.S. Marines are being credited with subduing a disruptive passenger Monday during a flight from Tokyo to Dallas. ( read original story ...)

Japan's state of emergency over the novel coronavirus could be lifted early in some areas of the country that have seen declines in new infections, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan plans to authorise Thursday the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, the government said, with an eye to approving another medication Avigan this month. This would make Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Seven days before Japan quarantined a cruise ship near Tokyo early this year, in what became one of the first coronavirus hot spots outside China, another cruise ship docked in southern Japan. ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee revealed on Wednesday plans to hold its next session initially scheduled for Tokyo before the opening of the 2020 Games by video link to be streamed live on July 17 ... ( read original story ...)

Lipton Independent agency LOUD has been appointed to develop tea brand Lipton’s new brand campaign after a competitive pitch process. The agency was chosen for its "deep cultural understanding" of the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- When times are good, owning a baseball team can be a lucrative source of cash. Mobile game developer DeNA, owner of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, has seen that first hand. In the fiscal year ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese airline ANA Holdings said Tuesday its annual net profit dived 75 percent, hit by massive falls in demand and cancellations caused by the coronavirus pandemic. For the fiscal year to March ... ( read original story ...)

Three US Marines stepped in to detain a passenger who allegedly made threatening comments during a flight from Japan to Texas. ( read original story ...)

Aichi prefectural authorities profusely apologized for releasing the names of 396 patients with the novel coronavirus on a dedicated website intended to provide general in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's capital of Tokyo reported 38 cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, Jiji news agency said, marking a fifth straight day of declining numbers of new infections. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday ... ( read original story ...)