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A warehouse in Yokohama, Japan illustrates the devastating impact the pandemic and lockdowns have had on the restaurant industry. ( read original story ...)

Some question whether the naturally resource-poor Asian nation will be able to wean itself off imported oil and gas. ( read original story ...)

Pope Francis makes Christmas plea, urging “vaccines for everybody, especially for the most vulnerable.” UK travelers face COVID test. Latest news. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s health ministry has confirmed the country’s first cases of infection with the new variant of the coronavirus that was identified in Britain. The five people arrived ... ( read original story ...)

Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government said on Friday in a plan to reach net zero carbon emissions and generate nearly $2 trillion a year in green ... ( read original story ...)

“She used her influence every opportunity she got to bring awareness to racial injustice,” says Tilton. Osaka withdrew from an event to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake, wore facemasks with ... ( read original story ...)

Prosecutors searched his offices in Tokyo and Sapporo and confiscated documents. Yoshikawa, who resigned as a lawmaker earlier this week citing health reasons, has admitted to receiving cash during ... ( read original story ...)

The government's Go To Travel subsidy campaign offers only temporary aid for hotels that had difficulty attracting domestic visitors even before the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo consumer prices fell the fastest in more than a decade, while Japan's jobs market and retail sales remained subdued, data showed on Friday, raising the risks of a return to deflation as the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is "extremely behind" in promoting gender equality its government said Friday, as it delayed an almost two decades-old target to have at least 30 percent of leadership positions occupied by ... ( read original story ...)

Prosecutors search the office of former agriculture minister Takamori Yoshikawa in Sapporo on Dec.25. (Sakura Kawamura) Tokyo prosecutors on Dec. 25 searched the office of former agriculture minister ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo prosecutors raided the offices of former farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa on Friday over allegations that he received a total of 5 million yen ($48,000) from an egg ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya Grampus announced the signing Thursday of former Japan forward Yoichiro Kakitani from fellow J. League first-division side Cerezo Osaka, who the sam ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA -- Police made an on-site arrest of a 28-year-old woman who allegedly used a sickle to inflict slash wounds on a woman in her 20s at a shoppi･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's industrial output likely grew for a sixth straight month in November in a sign of gradual recovery in factory activity, although a recent resurgence in COVID-19 infections clouds the outlook, ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was set on Friday to correct statements he had made in parliament related to a political funding scandal that has also cast a pall over the current premier. ( read original story ...)