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The term ikigai is a succinct way to describe what gets you up in the morning – be it work, family or a well-loved hobby – much like a prosaic version of the French raison d'être. ( read original story ...)

Japan will compile a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year to fund new measures to combat the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government will consider lifting the state of emergency on many of the 34 prefectures that are not among the hardest-hit by the coronavirus epidemic before the nationwide deadline of May ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's soccer club, Kasima Antlers FC offer them site for drive-through coronavirus test for COVID-19 in Ibaraki-Prefecture, Japan on Sunday, May 10, 2020. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI ... ( read original story ...)

Some 2,500 years ago, the Plague of Justinian spread via ships from North Africa to Europe and Asia, killing up to 50 million people. ( read original story ...)

The ministry said 1,832 COVID-19 patients were hospitalised in the capital as of April 28, or 91.6 percent of the 2,000 beds made available for such patients. The Tokyo Metropolitan government aims to ... ( read original story ...)

Reuters and Arata Yamamoto Japan's Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Sunday that the government is looking to lift the state of emergency in “many of 34 prefectures” that are not among the ... ( read original story ...)

Millions of Japanese viewers of the world's longest-running animated cartoon TV show will have to make do with re-runs from next week after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted production, Fuji ... ( read original story ...)

AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CHIEF EXECUTIVE MATT CARROLL AND AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT JOHN COATES SITTING AT TABLE DURING VIRTUAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ... ( read original story ...)

Watch "No 'Plan B' for 2020 Tokyo Olympics", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story ...)

Osaka City is not only the commercial center of Japan but also the center of industry and the main port, dubbed the heart of the Kansai metropolitan area. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo reported 36 new cases of coronavirus infections on Saturday, TV Asahi said, three less than a day earlier and the seventh consecutive day that new infections have remained below 100. The latest ... ( read original story ...)

The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health ... ( read original story ...)

How to save your marriage in quarantine, according to a couple who was stuck on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. ( read original story ...)

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president John Coates believes Tokyo in 2021 could be the greatest Games ever. Scheduled for this year, the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until 2021 due to the ... ( read original story ...)

In 1912, an explosion rocked Delhi just as Lord Hardinge, the British viceroy of India, entered the new capital on elephant-back. The mastermind of the attack was Rash Behari Bose, a 26-year-old ... ( read original story ...)