Japan National Tourism Organization has a visitor hotline at 050-3816-2787 that accepts inquiries about coronavirus in E...

Japan's government aims to have national health insurance cover coronavirus tests starting next week, as officials are b...

Kanagawa Prefecture and RIKEN say they have developed a COVID-19 test that can detect the virus in just 10-30 minutes.

An event featuring Super Mario takes place in New York as a promotional event ahead of the opening this summer of the Su...

Japan decides to ban the entry of foreigners who have visited South Korea's Daegu and Cheongdo where the outbreak of inf...

The Nikkei 225 loses more than 1,000 points on Tuesday as markets react to the spread of COVID-19.

Japan's government adopts a basic policy to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Japan is battling the largest novel coronavirus outbreak outside mainland China. Passengers on what has been dubbed "Flo...

The impact of the outbreak of the new coronavirus is expanding in Japan as more infections are confirmed nationwide.

The health ministry announces that two cruise ship passengers who were hospitalized with new coronavirus infections died...