Senior government and military officials from Japan and the United States on Sunday vowed to strengthen cooperation with the Solomon Islands amid increasing Chinese influence, as they gathered in the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 26,313 coronavirus cases
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Sunday reported 26,313 new coronavirus cases, down 4,657 from Saturday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 36, down one ... ( read original story ...)
Japan marks 77th year after bomb
Hiroshima on Saturday remembered the atomic bombing 77 years ago as officials, including the head of the United Nations, warned against nuclear weapons buildup and as fears grow of another such attack ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly 14% male workers in Japan took childcare leave in FY2021
A government survey shows that the proportion of male workers in Japan who take childcare leave hit a record high in the last fiscal year. But it remains uncertain whether the government's target can ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida Wants Cabinet to Declare Unification Church Ties
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants incoming and existing cabinet members and vice ministers to declare their relationships with the Unification Church, the religious organization that was ... ( read original story ...)
The US, Australia and Japan urge China to cease military exercises around Taiwan – as it happened
They are also at odds with our long-standing goal of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, which is what the world expects.” This live blog is now closed. For all the latest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan has ‘once-in-lifetime’ chance to end deflation, says departing BoJ official
Japan needs bolder monetary and fiscal stimulus to seize “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” from global inflationary pressures to end its war on deflation, according to a Bank of Japan board member ... ( read original story ...)
Hiroshima, Japan, marks anniversary of nuclear bombing
The Japanese city of Hirohima on Saturday paused to remember the 77th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear attack that killed an estimated 140,000 people in the waning days of World War II. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer powers up drug discovery, storm forecasts
Fugaku will be at the center of a two-year experimental study focused on a pharmaceutical development platform. The government-sponsored project, launched in July, was proposed by the Life ... ( read original story ...)
Small fire breaks out at idol group King & Prince’s concert in Sapporo
A small fire broke out Saturday at a concert of Japanese male idol group King & Prince in Sapporo, with one person, among the thousands of fans at the site, transferred to a hospital after feeling ... ( read original story ...)
Japan payment of less than $1 to Korean WWII victims for forced labor draws outrage
The Japanese government has doled out a pension payment to victims of forced labor during the country’s occupation of Korea, but at less than $1 per individual, the move has only prompted further ... ( read original story ...)
Small fire erupts at idol group King & Prince’s concert in Sapporo
A small fire erupted Saturday at a concert of Japanese male idol group King & Prince in Sapporo, with one person among the thousand ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Minato Ward Is Pioneering Ultra-Luxury Living
The centrally located neighborhood offers high-end homes, plenty of green space and several of the city’s most famous shopping, dining and residential mega-complexes ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top envoy promises Tokyo will help ASEAN with Myanmar issue
During a meeting with Cambodia's prime minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed "serious concern" about executions of four Myanmar people, including two pro-democracy activists. ( read original story ...)
Japan slams China’s ‘grave’ military exercises over Taiwan; Pelosi wraps Asia visit in Tokyo
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday and called for China to stop its live-fire military exercises near Taiwan after five missiles landed in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Hiroshima marks 77th anniversary of the first atomic bomb attack
Bells tolled in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday to mark the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. In Peace Park in central Hiroshima, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ... ( read original story ...)