Japan hopes to host Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as planned
Japan hopes to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as planned following a videoconference by leaders of the Gro...
read moreJapan plans 3rd emergency economic package
Japan plans a third emergency economic package amid the growing novel coronavirus epidemic.
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 moreGov't event on disaster anniversary
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a flower-offering event for victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami,...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: PM Abe urges cancellation of large events
Japan's prime minister urges people to cancel or postpone events involving large numbers of people in the coming two wee...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Japan's government policy to battle outbreak
Japan's government adopts a basic policy to contain the spread of COVID-19.
read moreCORONAVIRUS: 35 cruise ship passengers to be transferred
35 passengers from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess infected with coronavirus will be transferred to a hospi...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Japan reports first coronavirus death
Japan reports the first death in the country of a patient infected with the new coronavirus.
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Japan to expand entry ban on foreigners
The Japanese government decides to expand its entry ban on foreigners from China to include those who have stayed in Zhe...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: 10 people on cruise ship infected
Ten out of the approximately 3,700 people quarantined on a cruise ship off Yokohama are found to be infected with the ne...
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