Coronavirus shuts down more and more businesses in Japan
An increasing number of businesses across Japan permanently close their doors amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.
read moreJapan finds UK COVID variant in people with no travel history
Japan finds the UK variant of COVID-19 in three people who have no travel history to the country.
read moreWhiteout causes massive car pileup in northeastern Japan
A whiteout is likely to have caused a massive car pileup in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
read moreJapan vows to roll out COVID vaccines by late February
Regulatory Reform Minister Taro Kono says he will strive to deliver the COVID vaccination to the public as soon as possi...
read moreSuga pledges to bring coronavirus under control in policy speech
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide pledges to bring the coronavirus epidemic under control in his policy speech at p...
read moreJapan to vaccinate medical workers at national hospitals first
The Japanese government plans to inoculate 10,000 medical workers at designated hospitals including state-run ones first...
read moreHusband-throwing ritual in central Japan
A winter ritual in which locals throw a married man who then rolls down the snow to his wife takes place in central Jap...
read moreJob offers to university students drop amid coronavirus
The rate of employment offers to university students in Japan seeking jobs after graduation has dropped amid the coronav...
read moreCoronavirus in Japan - one year on
One year has passed since Japan confirmed the first coronavirus patient in the country, but new cases of infection are o...
read moreJapanese beer to go on sale with wrong spelling
Japanese beer maker Sapporo Breweries once cancels its plan to release a new product over a misspelled word on the can b...
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