Okinawa is asking to be included in the central government’s state of emergency over the coronavirus as infection is spr...

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide apologizes to plaintiffs of four asbestos lawsuits a day after the Supreme Court ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party gives up pursuing a bill to revise the immigration control law during the ongoin...

Japan's Ministry of Health is set to admit the use of cannabis-derived medicines in the nation.

The Ministry of Defense starts accepting reservations for large-scale coronavirus vaccinations for the senior citizens.

Over 350,000 people have joined a petition to cancel the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics amid growing concerns over the c...

The Japanese government decides to add Hokkaido, Hiroshima and Okayama to prefectures covered under the country’s third ...

Japan’s top coronavirus expert stresses the importance of prior assessment on factors that could be impacted by holding ...

A deputy mayor in central Japan has inappropriately helped secure coronavirus vaccination slots for a local businessman ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry has outsourced some tasks involving mass coronavirus vaccinations planned in Tokyo and Osaka to...