Department stores return to normal hours

Department stores return to normal hours

Department stores in Tokyo mostly return to regular business hours after the lifting of the government’s state of emerge...

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Restaurants happy to serve alcohol, open for business

Restaurants happy to serve alcohol, open for business

Some restaurants are happy to be able to serve alcohol to customers again after the Japanese government lifted the state...

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Japanese airlines offer gifts for vaccinated

Japanese airlines offer gifts for vaccinated

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines launch programs to offer lottery gifts such as free flight tickets to people who h...

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Japan to test new "everyday life" as vaccination speeds up in nation

Japan to test new "everyday life" as vaccination speeds up in nation

The Japanese government will be testing a new "everyday life" as vaccination speeds up in the nation.

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Kishida Fumio -- who is Japan's new ruling party leader?

Kishida Fumio -- who is Japan's new ruling party leader?

Kishida Fumio -- who is Japan's new ruling party leader?

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Suga holds last news conference as prime minister

Suga holds last news conference as prime minister

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide holds the last news conference as prime minister.

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Japan to fully lift COVID state of emergency

Japan to fully lift COVID state of emergency

The Japanese government is set to fully lift the COVID-19 state of emergency on September 30.

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Honda to start selling cars online

Honda to start selling cars online

Japanese car manufacturer Honda Motor is set to launch online sales of new cars in Japan.

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Fresh mackerel flown from Norway to Japan for first time

Fresh mackerel flown from Norway to Japan for first time

Mackerel caught in Norway are flown fresh on a direct flight to Japan for the first time.

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Mysterious orange train on Hokuriku Shinkansen line

Mysterious orange train on Hokuriku Shinkansen line

A mysterious orange train goes into action near Fukui Station in central Japan where workers are extending the Hokuriku ...

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