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BANGKOK (AP) — Japan's social-distancing efforts are slowing infections but not enough to stave off further spread of the coronavirus, a government minister said Friday, adding that experts ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese auto sales fell 28.6% in April from the same period a year ago, industry data showed on Friday, as vehicle purchases dropped after a state of emergency was called earlier in the month due to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's coronavirus experts said it was desirable for the nation to keep its current framework of coronavirus containment policies until the number of new infections fell to a certain level, according ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese aquarium closed during the coronavirus outbreak is asking people to make video calls to their eels so the sensitive creatures remember humans exist and don't pose a threat. Once the video ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's health ministry will introduce a system for health centres to report new coronavirus cases online instead of by hand-written faxes, phone or email - drawing praise from some but scorn from ... ( read original story ...)

Consumer prices in Japan's capital city fell for the first time in three years in April and national factory activity slumped, data showed on Friday, increasing worries the coronavirus pandemic could ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will extend its state of emergency for containing the novel coronavirus as early as Monday, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it would be difficult ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory activity shrank faster than initially estimated in April, a manufacturing survey showed on Friday, as the coronavirus hit to the economy deepened, with declines in product orders and ... ( read original story ...)

In the remote mountains northeast of Nagoya, Japan, two Michelin-starred Yanagiya is famous for its traditional irori cuisine and for serving wild meats. However, according to third-generation ... ( read original story ...)

At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, one ill-fated cruise ship became a symbol for the panic and confusion that would soon engulf the globe. Doug Bock Clark uncovers what two harrowing weeks ... ( read original story ...)

Core consumer prices in Tokyo fell for the first time in three years in April, a sign that slumping energy costs and weak demand due to the coronavirus pandemic are heightening the risk of a return to ... ( read original story ...)

A state of emergency is in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but under Japanese law it can only request compliance - not demand it. ( read original story ...)

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday lauded Japan's plans to spend about 20% of its gross domestic product to respond to the economic challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and boost IMF ... ( read original story ...)

Major markets across the region, including China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Singapore, are closed on Friday for holidays. ( read original story ...)

Japan will formally decide as early as Monday whether to extend its state of emergency over the novel coronavirus, which was originally set to end on May 6, public broadcaster NHK said. ( read original story ...)

The company that owns Universal theme parks around the world says it’s delaying construction on a fourth theme park in Florida ... ( read original story ...)