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STORY: Japan is opening its borders. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Thursday the country will ease COVID-19 border control requirements next month.[Japan's Prime Minister, Fumio ... ( read original story ...)

Rare footage of The Beatles' 1966 visit to Japan recorded by police will be screened on Saturday after a legal battle for the releas ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will allow visitors to travel freely for the first time in nearly two and a half years. Taiwan announced an end to quarantines, and Hong Kong was expected to follow. ( read original story ...)

People stage a protest in front of the main gate of Japan's parliament building, against the state paying for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's funeral, in Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2022, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will ease border control requirements Oct. 11, removing a maximum daily entry cap, currently set at 50,000 visitors, resuming visa waivers and accepting tourists who are not traveling with a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan, along with China, has been a holdout in continuing tough curbs on visitors amid the pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will open its doors back up to vaccinated foreign tourists, after more than two years of closed borders due to the Covid pandemic. Tourists will be able to visit the country without a visa, and ... ( read original story ...)

The win at Yokohama Stadium moved second-place DeNA to within six games of the league-leading Yakult Swallows on the eve of a three-game series between the two. ( read original story ...)

Police out in force for Tuesday’s event, after elderly man set fire to himself in protest against government’s decision to grant Abe a state funeral. ( read original story ...)

Defending champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Pan Pacific Open ahead of her second-round match due to illness on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Defending champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Toray Pan Pacific Open ahead of her second-round match due to illness. This was the latest setback of a difficult season for her. "I am really sorry ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Breweries Ltd.’s acquisition of Stone Brewing Co., a craft beer producer based in California, has given the Japanese brand a couple of bases to expand in the United States. ( read original story ...)

Japan, one of the world's last major holdouts during the pandemic, is dissolving its Covid-19 restrictions and opening the door back up to mass tourism in October. ( read original story ...)

Japan is lifting a major COVID-19 travel restriction next month. On Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that independent travelers will be welcomed back to Japan on Oct. 11, The ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday his country will ease COVID-19 border control requirements next month, a key step in fostering a recovery in Japan's tourism sector, which is ... ( read original story ...)

As Japan Rail celebrates 150 years since it first starting its network, it is preparing to start running an incredibly rapid train which will link Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes ... ( read original story ...)