Japan to scale down Olympic torch relay to lantern tour
Tokyo Games organizers plan to scale down the Olympic torch relay to a lantern tour by car amid the growing novel corona...
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Japan's education ministry sets guidelines for reopening schools that have been temporarily closed due to the novel coro...
read moreJapan's major cellphone carriers to begin 5G services
Japan's major cellphone carrier NTT Docomo will launch its next-generation 5G wireless service on March 25. Its rivals a...
read moreJapan Post tests drone delivery
Japan Post conducts a trial delivery of snail mail to residents in a remote area of Tokyo using a drone.
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Man arrested for disrupting train operations by lying he has coronavirus
A 54-year-old passenger is arrested in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, for disrupting train operations after lying tha...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Japan to postpone emperor's visit to UK
Japan plans to postpone Emperor Naruhito's and Empress Masako's planned visit to the United Kingdom this spring.
read moreGreat East Japan Earthquake, nine years on
A couple in Miyagi Prefecture is reunited with their deceased daughter nine years after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
read moreSDF delivers 350,000 masks to govt.
Japan's Self-Defense Forces delivers nearly 350,000 masks from its stockpile to the government amid a serious shortage o...
read moreAbe, BOJ gov. Kuroda talk COVID-19 economic impact
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda hold talks about the impact of the novel coronaviru...
read moreTokyo Olympic summer could be hotter than usual
The Japan Meteorological Agency announces that this summer could be hotter than average.
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