CORONAVIRUS: Japan has 96 new cases
Japan reports 96 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the second day in a row that numbers are on the rise, and the count...
read moreCoronavirus pandemic sinks hot springs resort
Ohkawa Shokaikyo Onsen in Fukuoka closes its doors after the coronavirus pandemic slashed its business.
read moreJapan has 5G cellphone service
Major Japanese cellphone service provider NTT Docomo launches next-generation 5G service, the first in the country to do...
read moreTrump supports Abe's Olympic delay decision
In a phone call, US President Donald Trump says he supports Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to delay the T...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Japan confirms a record 71 cases
A record new 71 cases of the novel coronavirus infection are announced in Japan Tuesday for a total of 1,923 cases (incl...
read moreTokyo Olympics delayed until 2021
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that the Tokyo Olympics will be delayed for 1 year due to the new coronavirus pandem...
read moreToyota, NTT agree on tie-up for smart city project
World leading automaker Toyota and Japanese telecommunications giant NTT agree on a business and capital alliance aimed ...
read moreJapan 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...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Govt sets guidelines for reopening schools
Japan's education ministry sets guidelines for reopening schools that have been temporarily closed due to the novel coro...
read moreJapan mulls postponing Tokyo Games
Japan begins thinking about the possibility of postponing the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as the International Olympi...
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