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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a hospital in Tokyo on Monday for what an aide said was a checkup, following recent concerns about his health. ( read original story ...)

Japan was hit by its biggest economic contraction on record in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic crushed consumption and exports, keeping policymakers under pressure for bolder action to ... ( read original story ...)

Despite being written off by skeptics as an economic wasteland for the past three decades, Japan has often managed to scrape by, and has even enjoyed periods of sustained growth. The Covid-19 pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

New Zealand postpones general election; US coronavirus death toll passes 170,000; Italy closes nightclubs for three weeks ... ( read original story ...)

Aichi police have released security camera footage showing the quick-strike theft of a Lexus sedan from a parking lot in Nagoya last week ... ( read original story ...)

A leading Japanese researcher has said that unless a COVID-19 vaccine is developed - the Tokyo Olympics will not go ahead. ( read original story ...)

Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank an annualized 27.8% in April-June, government data showed on Monday, marking the biggest decline since 1980. ( read original story ...)

The quarterly slide, an annualized decline of 27.8 percent, coincides with a long and uncertain road to recovery. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese economy shrank less than the U.S. and European economies did in the April-June quarter, but it fared worse than Asian counterparts. ( read original story ...)

After rounds of flooding rainfall devastated parts of Japan during the month of July, a change in the weather pattern has brought hot and dry conditions to the country. But restrictions from the ... ( read original story ...)

Around the world, public toilets get a foul rap. Even in Japan, where restrooms have a higher standard of hygiene than in much of the rest of the world, residents harbor a fear that public toilets are ... ( read original story ...)

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Saturday, the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two, that his government was always ready to talk with Tokyo about disputes over history ... ( read original story ...)

Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga feels Cerezo Osaka were the better side and deserved to beat Kashiwa Reysol in Saturday's J1-League match. ( read original story ...)

Chloe Dalton - and Australian sport - will have the best of both worlds after the Rio gold medalist agreed to stick with rugby through to Tokyo 2021. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo reported 260 new cases of COVID-19 on Aug. 16 as the count dropped below 300 for the first time in three days, according to metropolitan health officials. The last time new cases totaled under ... ( read original story ...)

Cartoon characters wearing face masks are seen in front of a store in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi) A citizen wearing a face mask enters a department store with a Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)