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Men wearing traditional loin clothes and women dressed in white robes clapped and chanted before going into an ice water bath during a Shinto ritual at a Tokyo shrine on Sunday to purify the soul and ... ( read original story ...)

IOC’s Dick Pound voices concern after host city declared state of emergency due to third wave of coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Posted . Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga believes vaccines hold the key for a safe Olympic Games this summer, but Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

(UPI) --Japan reported a record number of single-day COVID-19 cases for the fourth-straight day Saturday. The country reported 7,851 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, according to the health ministry. ( read original story ...)

Police have arrested a man and a woman after the discovery of stimulant drugs and marijuana inside their vehicle in Yokohama City last year ... ( read original story ...)

A man in his late 60s diagnosed with a light case of COVID-19 and recuperating at home in this city south of Tokyo has died from coronavir ... ( read original story ...)

Several regional governments in Japan have asked for a state of emergency declaration like the one issued by the prime minister to the Tokyo area to stem the surging rise in ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka and its surrounding prefectures asked Japan to expand a state of emergency to the western cities in an effort to contain the latest COVID-19 outbreak, while Tokyo's new daily infections keep ... ( read original story ...)

Shijiazhuang, Hebei’s capital, on alert; US reports 290,000 cases and 3,676 deaths in 24 hours as Australia changes rules for hotel quarantine ... ( read original story ...)

Some historians estimate up to 200,000 Korean girls and women were forced to provide sex to Japanese troops during the colonial era. ( read original story ...)

Shinjuku line which runs across Japan’s Kanto region from Tokyo to Yokohama and Kamakura and allows access to the Hakone resorts. ( read original story ...)

Kirin Holdings Co. is estimated to have ranked top in sales of beer and beer-like drinks last year, overtaking Asahi Group Holdings L ... ( read original story ...)

An employee of a restaurant disinfects the counter as they prepare to resume their business, a day after the government announced the lifting of the state of emergency due to the coronavirus disease ... ( read original story ...)

Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka will join Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic in playing a pre-Australian Open warm-up exhibition in Adelaide after serving their quarantine in the South Australian city, ... ( read original story ...)

A court in South Korea has ordered Japan to pay compensation to a group of former wartime sex slaves in a ruling that will worsen tensions between the neighbours.The Japanese government reacted ... ( read original story ...)

New Year's calligraphy event featuring brushwork by a South American sea lion has become popular with families visiting Yokoham ... ( read original story ...)