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After going more than a year without a win, lefty Takahiro Matsuba threw six innings on Wednesday to win his second straight start f ... ( read original story ...)

However infections have continued to grow in regions beyond the capital. Osaka, the country's third-largest prefecture by population, recorded around 120 cases, the most in a single day. Unlike Tokyo, ... ( read original story ...)

The declining relationship between Japan and China mirrors that of other countries like France, the U.K., and especially the U.S., who are pointing the finger of blame at Beijing over disruptions from ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA—Osaka Prefecture confirmed a record 121 new novel coronavirus infections on July 22, topping the previous daily high of 92 reported on April 9, Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said. Many of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Olympics organisers are preparing to host the Games next year even if the global coronavirus pandemic hasn't eased substantially, organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto told Reuters ... ( read original story ...)

The delayed Tokyo Olympics could not be held next year if conditions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic continue as they are, the president of the organizing committee said Wednesday. In an ... ( read original story ...)

The figure comes a day after Gov. Yuriko Koike said she would ask residents not to go out for nonessential purposes during a four-day weekend from Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Scientists are putting dwarf chameleons through their paces in a series of speed and endurance challenges to study how the species is adapting Nick Dall The tension is palpable. The first athlete is ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Wednesday kicked off a national travel campaign aimed at reviving its battered tourism industry, but the effort has drawn heavy criticism amid a jump in new coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)

A total of 53 novel coronavirus infections were recorded in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 21, it was announced -- the highes ... ( read original story ...)

Surge in cases forces the government to create an exclusion zone around the capital and pay out for cancellations ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's industrial output likely rebounded in June from the near double-digit decline in the previous month, in a sign factory activity may have bottomed out from the deep slump caused by the ... ( read original story ...)

CEO Toshiro Muto has told Reuters the organising committee expects to take on several new sponsors in the coming months despite businesses being hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The delay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics forced by the coronavirus pandemic means next year's Games will be smaller and simpler, but will that make them more sustainable? Tokyo 2020 organisers have said s ... ( read original story ...)

"In order to realize such hopeful games, we will continue to do our best to fight against the infectious disease," Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told CNBC. ( read original story ...)

But the pandemic has also had a huge knock-on effect on businesses that support the sport industry - and nowhere is that more apparent than around the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Games, originally due to ... ( read original story ...)