70YO man arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia

70YO man arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia

A 70-year-old man is arrested for illegally obtaining military technology documents and giving them to an employee of th...

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Suga holds parliamentary debate with opposition leaders

Suga holds parliamentary debate with opposition leaders

Japan’s Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide holds a parliamentary debate with opposition party leaders, exchanging verbal jabs...

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Govt mass vaccination center in Tokyo shown to media

Govt mass vaccination center in Tokyo shown to media

Parts of a central government-run mass coronavirus vaccination center in Tokyo are shown to the media. They include a fi...

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Foreign media covering Tokyo Games to be monitored using GPS

Foreign media covering Tokyo Games to be monitored using GPS

Tokyo Games organizing committee chief Hashimoto Seiko says officials will monitor the movement of foreign media personn...

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Japan to examine FDA-approved Alzheimer's drug carefully

Japan to examine FDA-approved Alzheimer's drug carefully

Health minister Tamura Norihisa says the Japanese government will carefully examine a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s dise...

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Opinion poll shows falling public support for Suga Cabinet

Opinion poll shows falling public support for Suga Cabinet

An opinion poll by Nippon TV and the Yomiuri Shimbun shows that public support for Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihid...

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Kyoto on brink of bankruptcy

Kyoto on brink of bankruptcy

The city of Kyoto comes up with reform plans as the ancient Japanese capital is on the verge of bankruptcy.

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Prime Minister Suga's Tokyo Olympic reception scrapped

Prime Minister Suga's Tokyo Olympic reception scrapped

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide's Tokyo Olympic reception is scrapped amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.

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Japan ships 1.24 mil. COVID vaccine doses to Taiwan

Japan ships 1.24 mil. COVID vaccine doses to Taiwan

Japan sends 1.24 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan.

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UN Secretary-General calls for Japan to abolish coal-fired power plants

UN Secretary-General calls for Japan to abolish coal-fired power plants

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for Japan to step up efforts to abolish coal-fired power plants.

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