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The World Health Organization says Japan reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases of any country in the world during the week through Sunday. Japan had the highest number of new cases in the ... ( read original story ...)

Next week kicks off with China activity data followed by growth data from Japan and a policy meeting in the Philippines ... ( read original story ...)

At the start of the 1600s, Japan's rulers feared that Christianity which had recently been introduced to the southern parts of the country by European missionaries would spread ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday in an apparent bid to distance his administration from the conservative ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The number of travelers heading to their hometowns or vacation spots for Japan's mid-August obon holiday period peaked on Aug. 11, but remained fewer than before the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The pair became so serious about their dream that they founded a "training school" here, offering aspirants a chance to swim like mermaids with the help of a tail fin. Striving to promote the joy of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - A series of strong earthquakes jolted Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, the weather agency said, issuing no tsunami warning, Kyodo reports. Local police ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s population suffered its largest drop since 2013 last year, falling to less than 126 million. The population fell by 726,342, or 0.57 per cent, from the ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo court has dismissed a request filed by a group of 50 people, including civic group members, to issue an injunction ordering a ... ( read original story ...)

Its vacancy rate contracted 0.1ppts to 1.5% in Q2. According to a Savills report, Shibuya’s vacancy contracted 0.1ppts QoQ to 1.5%, becoming the ward with the lowest vacancy rate in the central five ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida replaced the female minister in charge of tackling the country’s falling birthrate and installed a man who sought to deepen his understanding of the issue by ... ( read original story ...)

Shamindra Ferdinando President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s government has reversed the appointment of retired Admiral Jayanath Colombage as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Tokyo. The Previous Foreign Secretary, ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka and her Grammy-nominated boyfriend Cordae are the sweetest couple, and they couldn't be more supportive—get to know Naomi's boyfriend here. ( read original story ...)

A man has been questioned by police for possessing a vessel containing what appeared to be homemade gunpowder near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo earlier this week, investigative sources said Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s ecommerce market has lost momentum after growing more than 20 per cent since 2019. Demand for online shopping surged as consumers hunkered down at home to avoid Covid-19, but the quick end to ... ( read original story ...)

Comparing the current crisis to the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis from 1995-96, Japan’s attitude toward China, the U.S., and other like-minded countries has changed significantly. ( read original story ...)