SDF delivers 350,000 masks to govt.
Japan's Self-Defense Forces delivers nearly 350,000 masks from its stockpile to the government amid a serious shortage o...
read moreAbe, BOJ gov. Kuroda talk COVID-19 economic impact
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda hold talks about the impact of the novel coronaviru...
read moreAbe on WHO's coronavirus "pandemic" designation
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government will fight the spread of the new coronavirus more than ever in co...
read moreStocks in Japan tumble over coronavirus fears
Traders in Japan begin the week offloading stocks across the board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Growing concerns over th...
read moreJapan 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 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...
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