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Cases rising in Tokyo, Japanese health minister warns; hospitals in Brazil’s main cities reaching capacity ... ( read original story ...)

Italian prime minister Mario Draghi holding cabinet meeting today; cases rising in Tokyo, Japanese health minister warns ... ( read original story ...)

A court here has handed two men prison terms over the murder and robbery of a third man in Okazaki City two years ago ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Marriage is about sharing a life. For women in Japan, it's also about laws demanding a shared last name — almost always the man's. I knew this. But I didn't realize the personal impact in a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s postal system is investing 150 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in an 8% stake in the e-commerce venture Rakuten to strengthen a partnership in deliveries, fintech and ... ( read original story ...)

Naoaki Okuzumi, the head of research at Japan's lead research institute on decommissioning, compares the work ahead to climbing a mountain range - without a map. "The feeling we have is, you think the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will use specialised syringes capable of extracting six doses of coronavirus vaccine from each Pfizer vial from the week of April 12 to inoculate medical workers, Taro Kono, ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day to guard against the more contagious variants of ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a former member of a criminal syndicate over the alleged sale of marijuana to a male youth last year ... ( read original story ...)

Mari Osaka is ready for her next journey. The tennis star announced via Instagram she is ready for the next phase in her life. The 24-year-old took to Instagram on Tuesday and said farewell. “I am ... ( read original story ...)

Japan midfielder Yuki Kobayashi has apologised to Qatar officials for a "misunderstanding", after he accused a referee of threatening to kill him. ( read original story ...)

Coronavirus cases in the Greater Tokyo area are showing signs of creeping up, Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said on Friday, according to Kyodo News, raising questions about whether a state ... ( read original story ...)

Suga will go to the U.S. in the first half of April and will become the first foreign leader to meet face-to-face with President Biden, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters. The ... ( read original story ...)

As scenes of epic devastation started to roll in from across northeastern Japan, I futilely dialed one of the few places with functioning phones, the Sendai police department. An overwhelmed officer ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefectural Police arrested three men after the discovery of nearly 180 marijuana plants in a residence in Matsubara City ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka showed off some new jewellery and a bright red bikini in a series of sizzling photographs on social media on Friday. ( read original story ...)