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Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said he does not intend to press the central government to issue a state of emergency for his prefecture as new cases of COVID-19 infections have stopped surging. ( read original story ...)

Tick. The countdown clock for the postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 200 days to go on Monday. Tick-Tock-Tick. Also on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he would consider calling a state ... ( read original story ...)

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. Yoshihito Fujita excited children and their parents by performing an array of dazzling tricks with his spinning tops on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan may enter a state of emergency this week as the country grapples with soaring coronavirus cases, a number of which have been linked to a new, potentially more infectious variant. ( read original story ...)

Parents face week of uncertainty over school reopenings in England; Japan considers state of emergency for Tokyo; South Korea expands ban on social gatherings nationwide ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura told reporters on Jan. 4 that he doesn't intend to urge the central government to declare a state of emergency ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s capital is battling a second wave of infections, just 200 days out from hosting the already-delayed Olympic Games ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday he was considering declaring a state of emergency in the greater Tokyo area over a "very severe" third wave of coronavirus infections. Speaking at a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is considering declaring a state of emergency for capital Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures as early as this week, Fuji TV reported on Monday, as coronavirus cases climb. Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory activity ended a record 19-month run of declines in December as output stabilised for the first time in two years, suggesting manufacturers are shaking off the negative impact from the ... ( read original story ...)

Hot spring villages are often located far away from major cities, but this isn’t the case with Jozankei. Part of what attracts visitors to this lush area is its proximity to Sapporo, Hokkaido’s ... ( read original story ...)

The year 2020 was not a good one for the Japanese economy. It was battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, as were many other economies in the region. While Japan's economy did show some signs of recovery ... ( read original story ...)

The Marine Corps is stepping up training in Japan for island-based conflict in the Western Pacific, putting it at the leading edge of a pivot by the U.S. to face the military challenge from China. ( read original story ...)

An intruder broke into Japan’s imperial palace, the home of its royal family, and roamed around the complex before being detained.The 29-year-old man spent two hours in the Akasaka Palace before ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers from Yokohama National University in Japan have developed a prototype microprocessor using superconductor devices that are about 80 times more energy efficient than the state-of-the-art ... ( read original story ...)

Here are five other numbers to help fill-in the picture of the world’s third-biggest economy as it enters 2021. Y140m ($1.36m): The cost to the city of Tokyo of removing almost 14 tonnes of uninvited ... ( read original story ...)