Japan tightens quarantine controls on China, South Korea
Japan further tightens quarantine controls on visitors arriving from China and South Korea, including two weeks of medic...
read moreRevenge porn reports in Japan hit new high
Japanese police say revenge porn reports in the country reached an all-time high in 2019 at 1,479.
read more$160 for masks at 7-Eleven
One 7-Eleven store in Japan has put on sale a box of 60 face masks for about $160 (16,900 yen). The coronavirus outbreak...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Masks should not be reused
The Japan Face Mask Industry Association issues a guideline that warns against reusing face masks. The preventative meas...
read moreSenior IOC member says Tokyo Olympics moving ahead
Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee, says the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be...
read moreCoronavirus prompts scaling back Olympic torch relay events
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics plan to scale back events related to the torch relay amid the spread of the novel coron...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Japanese airlines to cut domestic flights
The novel coronavirus epidemic forces major Japanese airlines to reduce domestic flights amid the rising number of infec...
read moreCoronavirus cases in Japan reach 1,000
The number of cases of new coronavirus infection in Japan reaches 1,000, including those from the Diamond Princess cruis...
read more2020 Tokyo Olympic preparations moving ahead
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee chief Yoshiro Mori confirm that prepar...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Lawmakers want to use Japan's mask reserve
Japan's opposition lawmakers want to tap into the country's stockpile of surgical masks, built during the 2009 swine flu...
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