Tag: Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, public broadcaster NHK ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday amid growing public anger about the ruling party's ties to the ...

A volcano on Japan's major western island of Kyushu, called Sakurajima, erupted at about 8:05 p.m. (1105 GMT) on Sunday, ...

Japan's conservative coalition government was projected to increase its majority in the upper house of parliament in an election on ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the family of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as well as the ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday expressed "outrage and sadness" over the assassination of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ...

A Japanese court ruled on Monday that a ban on same-sex marriage was not unconstitutional, dealing a setback to LGBTQ ...

An Osaka court on Monday ruled that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage was not "unconstitutional", dealing a setback to LGBTQ ...

A shallow earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 shook the city of Suzu at the tip of the Noto ...

Japan will take time to phase out Russian oil imports after agreeing on a ban with other Group of Seven (G7) nations ...

Japan has prepared an emergency relief package worth $103 billion to cushion the economic blow from rising raw material costs, ...

The International Energy Agency will hold an emergency meeting on Friday among consuming nations to discuss a new release of ...

Japan's military said on Thursday that it had spotted four large Russian amphibious warfare ships sailing close to its islands ...

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations will hold an online meeting after 1200 GMT to discuss Russia's actions in ...

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic said he has unfinished business at the Olympics and will be gunning for gold ...

Japan's Miho Takagi clinched her first gold of the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, following up on the three other medals ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday the government would consider granting conditional early approval for the oral COVID-19 ...

More than 100 domestic flights in Japan were grounded on Sunday due to heavy snow in the northern and western ...

Toshiba Corp outlined plans on Friday to split into three companies in an attempt to appease activist shareholders calling for ...

The first step in Japan's planned phased re-opening of borders, which centres on business travellers, will be put into effect ...