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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government is facing increasing criticism, including from older residents, over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as infections on Sunday crossed the 2 ... ( read original story ...)

Wisps of pulsating aurora lights are a rare, yet magical sight. Now, scientists suggest they could be associated with destruction of part of the ozone. ( read original story ...)

A brightly burning meteor was seen plunging from the sky in wide areas of Japan, capturing attention on television and social media. The meteor glowed strongly as it rapidly descended through the ... ( read original story ...)

The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has resigned over a debacle that closed the $6tn bourse for a day in early October and earned its operator the humiliation of a business improvement order from the ... ( read original story ...)

According to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, it should be noted that less than three percent of people in Japan have been tested for the virus. ( read original story ...)

The activist’s plight has helped draw attention to Hong Kong’s struggle, but there’s little sign of a firmer approach from Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

A fireball event was spotted in Japan over the weekend. The event was so bright that it momentarily lit up the night sky. A bright fireball was spotted at about 1:34 a.m. local ti ... ( read original story ...)

Nagoya – Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura requested Thursday that bars and restaurants serving alcohol in Nagoya’s main nightlife entertainment districts shorten their business hours for about three weeks ... ( read original story ...)

Visitors can climb to observation decks from 15 meters to 18 meters high on the Gundam-Dock Tower to have close-up views of the anime icon. ( read original story ...)

Ahead of Christmas celebrations, a large number of both locals and international tourists are visiting the night landscape in Japan's Yokohama city. A decked up dome glittering at the centre of the ... ( read original story ...)

Organizers of the delayed Tokyo Olympics have declined to confirm widely circulated reports in Japan that the costs of the one-year postponement will be about $3 billion. The estimates have been ... ( read original story ...)

The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange stepped down over a system failure last month, the bourse's operator said on Monday, after the disruption halted trade for an unprecedented full day and drew a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Stock Exchange president Koichiro Miyahara will step down to accept responsibility for the all-day outage that halted trading on the world’s third-largest equity market last month. ( read original story ...)

An 18-meter "life-size" moving statue of Gundam was unveiled to the media Monday at a theme facility in Yokohama based on the giant robot featured in the Japanese science fiction animation series, ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Stock Exchange President and Chief Executive Officer Koichiro Miyahara has decided to resign over a system failure that caused an unprecedented all-day suspension on the bourse last month, the ... ( read original story ...)

The outage cast a shadow on the exchange's credibility and dented Tokyo's hopes of boosting the country's standing as a global financial center. ( read original story ...)