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Osaka/Tokyo, April 12 (Jiji Press)--The prefectural government of Osaka, western Japan, is considering asking the national government to declare yet another state of emergency in the prefecture over ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is expected to announce plans to release hundreds of thousands of tons of leftover cooling water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean, prompting almost 200,000 people to ... ( read original story ...)

Like Yu Darvish in baseball and Naomi Osaka in tennis before him, Matsuyama is hoping that his victory can bring a bright future for golf in Japan. "I hope it will affect golf in Japan in a good ... ( read original story ...)

The daily number of new coronavirus cases in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, came to 603 on Monday, hitting a record high for a Monday, although it was below 700 for the first time in a week. You are ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 70% of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled or delayed as the coronavirus pandemic rolls on, a Kyodo News poll showed on Monday, just over 100 days ahead ... ( read original story ...)

Hideki Matsuyama's victory at Augusta National will resonate throughout the whole of the Far East after he became the first Japanese man to win a major, writes Iain Carter. ( read original story ...)

(AP) — Hideki Matsuyama almost turned down his first chance to play the Masters. It was a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, disasters that killed thousands and destroyed much ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Led by Japan’s prime minister, the country celebrated golfer Hideki Matsuyama’s victory in the Masters — the first Japanese player to win at Augusta National and pull on the famous ... ( read original story ...)

The number of severe COVID-19 patients in hospitals has reached a record 203 in Osaka Prefecture, the prefectural government announced on Apr･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo adopted tougher measures against the coronavirus Monday as it struggles to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Olympics in a country where less than 1% ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Kyoko Ishikawa was a back-packing Japanese student in Barcelona in 1992 when she says a “miracle happened.” She managed to buy a ticket to the opening ceremony of Spain’s historic ... ( read original story ...)

Japan began COVID-19 vaccinations for its sizable elderly population on Monday, with imported doses still in short supply and the pace unlikely to stop a fourth wave of infection. Shots for people ... ( read original story ...)

TV commentators ‘could hardly speak’ as 29-year-old becomes first Japanese man to win a major ahead of Olympics dogged by scandal Last modified on Sun 11 Apr 2021 23.04 EDT Hideki Matsuyama has ... ( read original story ...)

AICHI (TR) – An Aichi Prefectural Police officer shot and injured a man wielding a knife in Nagoya on Sunday, reports Fuji News Network (April 12). At around 10:00 p.m., police received a call about ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefecture confirmed a daily record of 918 coronavirus infections Saturday, the prefectural government said, as Japanese authorities have been facing an uphill battle to control the spread of ... ( read original story ...)

There will be a few bleary eyes in corporate Japan on Monday morning. In this golf-crazy nation, it's hard to underestimate the impact of Hideki Matsuyama's historic Masters triumph and impossible to ... ( read original story ...)