Omicron cases increase in Okinawa Prefecture after a COVID-19 cluster breaks out at its US base.

Japanese billionaire Maezawa Yusaku returns to Earth after his 12-day-trip at the International Space Station.

Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi announces that its COVID-19 pill under development is effective against Omicron...

The app for Japan’s digital vaccination certificate begins use on December 20, allowing smartphone users to have digital...

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announces medical personnel and elderly people at high risk will receive their boo...

A new bus tour in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, combines the real world with virtual reality to offer an experience in a...

Japan's National Tax Agency is simplifying the process of filing tax returns for 2021 for people using their smartphones...

The Japanese government is using a large ship to remove massive amounts of pumice stones that have washed ashore around ...

A fire breaks out at a building in central Osaka, leaving at least 24 people dead and several others in cardiac arrest.

A pharmaceutical firm in southwestern Japan completes a new facility for producing inactivated COVID-19 vaccines.