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Japan's capital recorded 856 coronavirus cases on Dec. 29, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said. The new infections came after Tokyo recorded a daily high of 949 cases on Dec. 26, followed by 708 ... ( read original story ...)

Stocks have climbed in Asia, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index surging 2.7% to its highest close in more than 30 years on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Japan on Monday detected a coronavirus variant found in South Africa, the government said, the first such discovery in a nation that has already identified more than a dozen cases of another variant ... ( read original story ...)

The United States military has begun its first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations in Japan, prioritising frontline medical workers. Inoculations began on Monday at the Yokota Air Base, Lt. Stuart Thrift ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. dollar changed hands around the 103.69 yen level in early deals in Tokyo on Tuesday. As markets opened here, the dollar was quoted at 103.69-70 yen compared with 103.74-84 yen in New York and ... ( read original story ...)

A major Japanese company and Kyoto University have joined forces to build what they hope will be the world's first satellites made out of wood.Sumitomo Forestry said it has started research on tree ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened up 0.31 percent at 26,936.38 on Tuesday, while the broader Topix gained 0.32 percent at 1,793.83. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)

Asian shares jumped on Tuesday, with Japanese stocks hitting a 29-year high, as hopes that a long-awaited U.S. pandemic relief package would be expanded and a Brexit trade deal supported investor risk ... ( read original story ...)

From Tokyo, a pointed Taiwan question for the President-elect. ( read original story ...)

Two men posing as police officers robbed a family of 12 million yen in cash and their bank ATM cards, police said Monday. According to police, the men called on a family of three living in a house in ... ( read original story ...)

Dec. 28, as U.S. President Donald Trump inking a coronavirus-linked economic stimulus package raised the market sentiment, Tokyo shares climbed.As of Friday, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ... ( read original story ...)

Japan clamped down on international visits by non-resident foreign nationals until the end of January in response to the spread of a new more virulent variant of the coronavirus that has sickened ... ( read original story ...)

A Peruvian man was served a fresh arrest warrant on Monday on suspicion of murdering two Brazilian sisters whose bodies were found f ... ( read original story ...)

Some analysts worry new global coronavirus infections may prevent demand growth for Japan's manufactured goods as corporate and consumer activity take a hit. ( read original story ...)

"The virus recognises no year-end or New Year holidays. I ask each minister to raise the level of their sense of urgency and thoroughly carry out counter measures," Suga told a meeting of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he plans to submit legislation that will make coronavirus measures legally binding for businesses, punish violators and include ... ( read original story ...)