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The Chinese Olympic Committee has offered vaccine doses to be used for participants at this year's Tokyo Olympics and the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on ... ( read original story ...)

Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Suga took part in a memorial for the more than 20,000 estimated victims, while singer Lady Gaga leant her support. ( read original story ...)

Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the country’s northeast ... ( read original story ...)

Four people found infected with the coronavirus in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted here on Jan. 15 were mistakenly told th ... ( read original story ...)

At 54 years and 12 days old, Kazuyoshi Miura, dubbed "King Kazu" in Japan, beat his own record as the oldest soccer player in a J-League fi･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Mari Osaka, the elder sister of four-time major-winner Naomi Osaka, has retired from tennis at the age of 24, explaining "it was a journey which I didn't enjoy". ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto highlighted the power of sport on Thursday as she expressed condolences on the anniversary of a deadly earthquake and tsunami, saying it provided ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Holdings Ltd. is planning to set up a brewery in the U.S. by the end of 2024, as the top-selling Japanese beer in the American market seeks to expand its market share and cut costs. ( read original story ...)

USOPC leaders hope Team USA athletes will have access to COVID-19 vaccines "well before" the Tokyo Olympics, if not Olympic trial events in June. ( read original story ...)

Numbers show how much progress has been made and what still remains 10 years after the triple disaster of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant meltdown on Japan's northeastern coast TOKYO ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is marking the 10th anniversary Thursday of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern region, where many survivors’ lives are still on hold. People, ... ( read original story ...)

Support our journalism. Subscribe today. 1. Where does the water come from? A 2011 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Japan, and ensuing tsunami caused structural damage to Fukushima’s reactor ... ( read original story ...)

For almost six minutes on March 11, 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake-- the worst to ever hit Japan -- struck 370 kilometers (230 miles) northeast of Tokyo, triggering a huge tsunami that crashed into ... ( read original story ...)

Much has changed along the hundreds of miles of devastated coastline and the recovery is gathering pace ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Thursday mourned nearly 20,000 victims of a massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years ago, destroying towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima, the world's worst ... ( read original story ...)

Huge waves swept across swathes of the north-east coast after one of the strongest quakes ever recorded, triggering a nuclear meltdown ... ( read original story ...)