Golfer Matsuyama receives Prime Minister's Award
Golfer Matsuyama Hideki, who won the Masters tournament earlier in April, receives the Prime Minister’s Award from Japan...
read moreTokyo Games organizers to decide on limiting number of spectators in June
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics agree to decide on the upper limits of domestic spectators to Games eve...
read morePeeping filmer spotted in women's restroom in Diet building
A female Japanese lawmaker spots a peeping filmer in a women’s restroom inside a parliamentary building.
read moreFamily of outing victim calls for laws to protect sexual minorities
The family of a gay outing victim who committed suicide in 2015 calls for legislation in Japan to protect sexual minorit...
read moreJapan extends crowd restrictions until end of June
The Japanese government decides to extend crowd restrictions at large-scale events throughout the country for two months...
read moreCOVID-testing centers in Olympic Village to operate around the clock
COVID-testing centers in the Olympic Village will operate around the clock.
read moreJapan's Self Defense Forces to inoculate the elderly
Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide orders Japan's Self-Defense Forces to start inoculating roughly 9 million people starting ...
read more21 cases of double mutant coronavirus variant from India confirmed in Japan
Twenty-one cases of infection with the double mutant coronavirus variant from India have been confirmed in Japan.
read moreJapan to set up large-scale coronavirus vaccination facilities in Tokyo and Osaka
Japan to set up large-scale coronavirus vaccination facilities in Tokyo and Osaka
read moreSuga reacts to LDP election losses
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide reacts to his ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s losses in all three elections for...
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