CORONAVIRUS: Last days on "Floating Wuhan"
Japan is battling the largest novel coronavirus outbreak outside mainland China. Passengers on what has been dubbed "Flo...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Child aged under 10 infected in Japan
A child aged below 10 is confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, the youngest so far in Japan.
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Events canceled/postponed in Japan
The impact of the outbreak of the new coronavirus is expanding in Japan as more infections are confirmed nationwide.
read moreCORONAVIRUS: 2 cruise ship passengers die
The health ministry announces that two cruise ship passengers who were hospitalized with new coronavirus infections died...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Big Japanese companies step up prevention
Major Japanese firms are stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, including working from home and avoid...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: Passengers exit Japan's quarantined cruise ship
500 passengers cleared to leave the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess, docked near Yokohama since February 3, sta...
read moreCOP 26 event at British Embassy in Tokyo
The British Embassy in Tokyo hosts a COP26 climate change event.
read moreNew CEO ready to turn around Nissan
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida vows to turn the company around at an extraordinary shareholders meeting.
read moreLawson's first cash register-free store
Convenience store giant Lawson will open a store this month with no cash registers, and plans to more in the Tokyo area ...
read moreCORONAVIRUS: 35 cruise ship passengers to be transferred
35 passengers from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess infected with coronavirus will be transferred to a hospi...
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