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Naomi Osaka let viewers into a normal day in her life as she was preparing to head to Melbourne for the Australian Open. In the feature for Vogue, the 23-year-old let cameras follow her everywhere. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court on Friday ruled as unconstitutional the now-defunct eugenics protection law that mandated the government stop peop ... ( read original story ...)

When the coronavirus pandemic forced Tokyo last year to delay the Summer Olympics and Paralympics to July 2021, organizers kept the Tokyo 2020 name, saying they wanted the event to be seen as a “light ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA—The death toll from COVID-19 in Osaka Prefecture increased to 714, the highest number in the country and topping the figure for Tokyo, which has recorded more than twice as many novel ... ( read original story ...)

Organizers postponed the Olympic Games for one year last March. Nearly a year later, prospects are getting bleaker. ( read original story ...)

Japanese cabinet minister Taro Kono has said “anything can happen” in regard to the postponed Tokyo Olympics, raising more doubts about the games scheduled to begin in just over ... ( read original story ...)

Japan missed opportunities to coordinate coronavirus testing and secure hospital beds in the months before the pandemic's third wave, health officials, doctors and experts say, missteps that hampered ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's heavy bond issuance to fund economic support measures during the pandemic has made the need for fiscal reform even more pressing, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Hiroshima prefecture said on Friday it will carry out large-scale polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing to curb the spread of coronavirus, a rarity in a nation that lags far behind many ... ( read original story ...)

A website using games to teach children about the United Nations' (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to solve internatio ... ( read original story ...)

Carlos Ghosn concealed the scale of his compensation at Nissan because he feared the French government would force him out of Renault if it discovered how much he earned, an executive at the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese company is developing a high-tech intelligent lavatory that will give health tips and warnings by using artificial intelligence to analyse human waste.The Wellness Toilet will provide the ... ( read original story ...)

Most air travelers to Sapporo, the prefectural capital of Hokkaido, arrive at New Chitose Airport. Even if you don’t speak Japanese, it’s a pretty cool name for an airport, with “New” giving it an ... ( read original story ...)

The opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan, originally scheduled for Feb. 4, will now be delayed indefinitely, Bloomberg reports. The news comes after Japan recently expanded its ... ( read original story ...)

If you'd guess that spending 24 hours with Naomi Osaka would involve a lot of athletic endeavors...you'd be right. The 23-year-old tennis star, who has distinguished herself with her uncompromising ... ( read original story ...)

Carlos Ghosn hid part of his compensation at Nissan because he feared the French government would force him out of Renault if it discovered how much he earned, an executive at the Japanese carmaker ... ( read original story ...)