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Coming of age day is a Japanese holiday held every January to celebrate those who have reached 20, the official age of adulthood in Japan. Many ceremonies around the country have been scaled back as a ... ( read original story ...)

The 19-year-old Para swimmer moves to Montreal and changes coach after winning two medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese health officials say they confirmed 6,438 new cases of the coronavirus nationwide as of 6:30 p.m. on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Japan plans to maintain its strict border restrictions of barring almost all new entries by foreign nationals until late February in a bid to stave off the Omicron variant amid a resurgence of ... ( read original story ...)

While many coming-of-age ceremonies were canceled or hosted online, tens of thousands of young men and women gathered in Yokohama to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime occasion. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo reported 871 new COVID-19 cases on Jan. 10, 8.5 times the number for the previous Monday, metropolitan health officials said. ( read original story ...)

Japan will support Indonesia's introduction of the technology to mix ammonia with coal for power generation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, under a memorandum of understanding on ... ( read original story ...)

Most travel is off the table until Jan. 24 for American service members, civilians and their families in Japan who fall under the status of forces agreement. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese capital recorded 871 COVID-19 cases on Jan. 10, after seeing 1,223 new infections the day before, the metropolitan government an ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 871 new coronavirus cases, down 352 from Sunday and 768 more than last Monday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in ... ( read original story ...)

Many welcomed Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's recent announcement that a same-sex partnership system would be introduced for all of Tokyo i ... ( read original story ...)

Space now,” was what Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa wanted to tweet for years. He finally really did it, from the International Space Station. “The space market holds so much potential,” he said ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. agreed to limit military personnel’s movements off base in Japan, after regional governors blamed American troops for helping to introduce the omicron variant of Covid. For two weeks starting ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese people turning 20 held a coming-of-age ceremony in Yokohama on Monday, but rising coronavirus numbers meant it was far less sociable than in previous years. ( read original story ...)

The Meguro Ward government in Tokyo held a ceremony on Jan. 9, the day ahead of Japan's Coming-of-Age Day, to mark the adulthood of people wh ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra shared a video on Instagram where he can be seen doing gym. He wrote, "Effort and hard work have no substitutes". ( read original story ...)