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Tokyo reported 21,576 daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the first time to exceed 20,000 and setting a new record, with 94,930 nationwide cases confirmed, according to the tally by NHK News. For the ... ( read original story ...)

South Korea and Japan are engaged in a bitter new row about a historic Japanese gold and silver mine where Korean workers were used as wartime slave labour. ( read original story ...)

Today in Aviation, Japan Air Lines (JL) began its first international scheduled air service from Tokyo to San Francisco with a DC-6B in 1954. ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden’s administration has spoken to officials in Japan, South Korea and India as well as Beijing, said the people. The engagement with China has been limited, two of the people said. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong eased the rules to release Covid-19 patients from the hospital, a move that should shorten stays as the city grapples with a growing number of infections that are taxing its health care ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo intends to become the financing hub for Asian companies transitioning to low-carbon emitters, a top Japanese government official said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Japan's defense ministry said two crew members are still missing. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) jet disappeared from air traffic control radars Monday after it took off from Komatsu Airbase, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's biggest power generator JERA said on Wednesday it will spend 160 billion yen ($1.4 billion) to develop one gigawatt (GW) of solar power farms in Japan over the next five years by joining with ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese industry body that makes rules for crypto exchanges is considering easing restrictions on listing new tokens, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Under the proposed new rules, crypto ... ( read original story ...)

Economic ties could be all that remain of China and Japan's relations, after a cross-bench parliamentary resolution in Tokyo on China's human rights record was condemned by Beijing as a "severe ... ( read original story ...)

Russia’s ambassador to Japan is urging the country’s leaders to reject proposals to sanction Moscow over its dispute with Ukraine, calling the possibility “counterproductive” to Japanese-Russian ... ( read original story ...)

FTX acquired Japanese crypto exchange Liquid Group to serve Japanese customers through its new subsidiary. The deal is expected to close in March 2022, according to a press release on Wednesday. The ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's new COVID-19 cases exceeded 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, dimming hopes that an Omicron-fueled wave of infections is peaking out in Japan. Tokyo reported 21,576 new ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 21,576 new coronavirus cases, up 7,131 from Tuesday and up 7,490 from last Wednesday. By age group, 4,039 cases were in their 20s, 3,741 in ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's capital registered a new single-day high of 21,576 coronavirus cases on Feb. 2, the metropolitan government announced. The previous high was 17,631 cases, recorded on Jan. 28. ( read original story ...)

Russia-Japan relations are centered on the decadeslong dispute over four islands northeast of Hokkaido that Russia occupies and Japan claims. ( read original story ...)