Japan

In the Diet on Monday (Jan 19), delivering his first policy speech of the year, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was...

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told a meeting of ruling party executives on Tuesday (Jan 12) he would declare...

TOKYO - A new coronavirus variant has been detected in four travellers from Brazil’s Amazonas state, Japan’s Health Ministry said on...

An enhanced smallpox vaccine produced by a research team in Japan has been confirmed to be effective in preventing infection...

TOKYO - Men wearing traditional loincloths and women dressed in white robes clapped and chanted before going into an ice water...

TOKYO - As Tokyo woke up to its second state of emergency on Friday, many people believe it will be...

TOKYO - Japanese cheerleaders danced and cheered on commuters outside a Tokyo rail station on Thursday (Jan 7) in a bid...

TOKYO - A bluefin tuna sold for 20.8 million yen (S$265,844) in the first auction of the new year at...

TOKYO - A Japanese government decision on a state of emergency in and around Tokyo will be made this week, a...

TOKYO - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will ask the central government later on Saturday to declare a state of emergency following...