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Vaccination efforts stepped-up as Tokyo, set to host the Olympics in just over 3 weeks, sees 12 straight days of rising week-on-week coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)

Sumo lovers in central Japan will see their sport return with a bang, as the upcoming tournament is primed to be one of the most significant in recent memory. ( read original story ...)

U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan has hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over rules preventing athletes from bringing their children with them to the upcoming Olympics Games in Japan. The ... ( read original story ...)

Double Olympic individual dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin will bid for a historic three-in-a-row at Tokyo 2020. ( read original story ...)

Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was still uncertain whether fans can be allowed at the Tokyo Olympics because of growing concern about rising COVID-19 cases on Thursday only three weeks before the ... ( read original story ...)

Her lawyers argued that she suffered from dementia, but the appeal was dismissed. A 74-year-old woman known as Japan's "Black Widow" has lost her appeal against death row for the murder of three male ... ( read original story ...)

A 39-year-old man who is suspected of stealing recorders from female students in Nagoya has been further accused of stalking ... ( read original story ...)

Kashiwa Reysol will host Yokohama F. Marinos in a matchday 21 fixture in the J1 League on Saturday. The home side picked up a thrilling 4-2 away victory over Shonan Belmare last weekend. Incredibly, ... ( read original story ...)

Far East Village Hotel Yokohama, Japan Far East Hospitality has taken its second property into Japan with the opening of. Located a five-minute walk from Sakuragicho Station on JR Line and Yokohama ... ( read original story ...)

When Kohei Jinno was evicted from his family home to clear the way for the construction of the National Stadium for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, he was sad but proud to contribute to Japan in a moment of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's sales tax revenue in the last fiscal year topped 20 trillion yen ($180 billion) for the first time since the levy was introduced more than three decades ago, an internal government document ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is likely to extend by two weeks or more coronavirus containment measures in the greater Tokyo area, four government sources said on Thursday, as infection numbers creep up less than a month ... ( read original story ...)

America and Japan have been conducting war games and joint military exercises amid fears of a possible conflict with China over Taiwan, it was reported last night.The tabletop war games and drills in ... ( read original story ...)

Samoa's caretaker government has pulled the country's Olympics team from the Summer Games in Tokyo due to fears over Japan's COVID-19 infection rate, Radio New Zealand reported on Thursday. The team ... ( read original story ...)

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese big manufacturers' business confidence improved in the second quarter to hit a two-and-half-year high, a central bank survey showed, a ... ( read original story ...)

Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has hit its highest level since 2018, a key business survey showed Thursday, as they bet on a strong post-pandemic recovery despite some setbacks. ( read original story ...)