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The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it ... ( read original story ...)

Japan, with more than 260 virus-related deaths according to public broadcaster NHK, has avoided the kind of explosive outbreak that has plagued the United States and many European nations, raising ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is "very pessimistic" the Tokyo Olympics can be held next year. ( read original story ...)

Japan has not agreed to shoulder the additional costs for the postponement of the 2020 Olympics,aid on Tuesday, after Kyodo News reported Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had committed to cover the costs. ( read original story ...)

No clarity yet on how cost of postponing Olympics will be shared with Japan - IOC ... ( read original story ...)

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it was concerned about the increasing number of confirmed cases of the new in Japan. But Japan is not yet in the stage of a large-scale community ... ( read original story ...)

Employees at a long-established restaurant serving sukiyaki, a popular Japanese hot pot dish, are currently producing masks and distributing ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan Motor Co on Tuesday said that it would temporarily shut down operations at its global and other facilities in Japan through early May to cont ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese medics are warning more must be done to prevent the coronavirus from overwhelming the country's healthcare system, as confirmed cases passed 10,000 despite a nationwide state of emergency. ( read original story ...)

The company’s Yatomi works near Nagoya, Japan ordinarily supplies the 787’s forward fuselage section, main landing gear well and the fixed trailing edge of the wing. “This decision was taken in light ... ( read original story ...)

To be honest with you, I don’t think the Olympics is likely to be held next year,” Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious disease at Kobe University, said Monday. ( read original story ...)

Shinzo Abe is treating the coronavirus outbreak as more of economic or public relations challenge than an epidemiological one. ( read original story ...)

The cake is being released by the Sheraton Miyako Hotel in Osaka to coincide with the Children’s Day holiday (May 5) in Japan. The helmets worn by samurai in feudal Japan are called kabuto (兜) in ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is "very pessimistic" the postponed Tokyo Olympics can open in 15 months. "To be honest with you, I don't think the Olympics is likely to be held ... ( read original story ...)

Wales won both matches when they toured Japan in the summer of 2013 Japan coach Jamie Joseph says the Test against Wales on 27 June is unlikely to go ahead as scheduled because of the Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will boost the size of its coronavirus spending package by ¥8.9tn ($83bn) as it revealed the hefty cost of a measure to give ¥100,000 to everybody in the country. The disclosure came as Shinzo ... ( read original story ...)