Japan will impose sanctions on Russia targeting semiconductor exports and financial institutions, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday after G7 leaders agreed to punish Moscow economically...
Japan opened its first mass vaccination centres on Monday in a bid to speed up a cautious Covid-19 inoculation programme with just two months until the...
Record-breaking sumo champion Hakuho has tested positive for COVID-19, just days before the New Year tournament, the Japan Sumo Association said Tuesday. The JSA said Hakuho...
Japan will halt all new non-resident foreign arrivals coming from overseas from Monday until late January, Tokyo said Saturday, as the country reported its first cases...
Japan’s prime minister on Tuesday unveiled more than $700 billion in fresh stimulus to fund projects from anti-coronavirus measures to green tech, the country’s third such...
Concerns are mounting over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s health after the country’s leader returned to a Tokyo hospital Monday for the second time in a...
US President Donald Trump has said he will postpone this year’s G7 summit and invite leaders of other countries to participate in the talks. “I don’t...
Zainab Sanni A father and son suspected of helping fugitive former Nissan chief, Carlos Ghosn flee Japan in December were arrested in the United States Wednesday...
Zainab Sanni Japan dived into its first recession since 2015, according to official data Monday, with the world’s third-largest economy contracting by 0.9 percent in the...
The Tokyo Olympics are to be postponed until 2021 after talks between Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach. Abe...
Thousands of passengers became stranded aboard two cruise ships in Japan and Hong Kong on Wednesday amid reports of coronavirus infections on board, while in China...
Germany, Japan and Taiwan have reported the first cases of coronavirus in patients who didn’t personally visit China, according to reports. The new cases all involve...