North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s return to testing missiles will be getting the attention of the White House North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into...
The Olympics are due to begin on 23 July and the Paralympics on 24 August No international fans will be permitted at the delayed 2020 Tokyo...
Supporters in Sapporo holding a banner that reads “unconstitutional decision” A district court in Japan has in a landmark decision ruled that the country’s failure to...
LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai, pictured here in September, unveiled the plan at a news conference Days after Japan’s Olympics chief was forced to resign over...
Yoshiro Mori acknowledged that his comments about women were “inappropriate” and against the Olympic spirit The head of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee has resigned after...
A group of university students in Japan have submitted a petition to the Japanese Justice Ministry, requesting that the age of consent be raised from the...
Yoshihide Suga was born the son of strawberry farmers Japan’s governing party has elected Yoshihide Suga as its new leader to succeed Shinzo Abe, meaning...
Waves crash on the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches the Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima Typhoon Haishen has touched down in South Korea after slamming through...
The Japanese coastguard has rescued one person from a cargo ship thought to have sunk during a typhoon with more than 40 crew and 6,000 cattle...
Shinzo Abe: “I apologise to the people of Japan” Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has announced his resignation for health reasons. He said he did not want...
This experiment conducted by Japanese TV channel NHK shows how quickly Coronavirus can spread in restaurants and other communal facilities within minutes. In the viral...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tokyo and Osaka must keep up the state of emergency Japan has lifted a state of emergency imposed due to...
Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori announced the new dates for the Games in March The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be “scrapped” if they cannot take place...
Japan, which initially appeared to have the virus under control, has recorded a flurry of new cases Doctors in Japan have warned that the country’s...
As cases have risen in Japan, criticism of the government’s response has grown louder A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Japan due...
Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori (centre, at table) made the announcement at a news conference on Monday The Tokyo Olympic Games will start on 23 July,...
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are due to take placed from 24 July to 9 August The 2020 Olympic Games will be postponed by one year...
At least 621 people on the ship are infected Two Japanese passengers who contracted the Covid-19 virus onboard a cruise ship quarantined in Japan have...
Americans are taken from the docked ship to Haneda airport in Tokyo Two planes carrying Americans from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess have left Japan....
Another 41 people on a cruise ship off the coast of Japan have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases on...