Shinzo Abe's Support Falls Into 'danger Zone' After Prosecutor Scandal
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG)Support for the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plunged in a Mainichi poll, dropping by 13 percentage points as public dissatisfa
Coronavirus: Japan Set To Lift Emergency In Tokyo On Monday, Reports Say
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG)Japan is set to lift the state of emergency in Tokyo, its surrounding regions and the northern island of Hokkaido on Monday (May 25) as new vir
Netflix Star And Japanese Female Wrestler Hana Kimura Dies At 22
TOKYOProfessional Japanese wrestler Hana Kimura who was part of the cast in Netflix's reality show Terrace House has died after complaining about being cyber-bu
Still Gobbling Up Adulation: Pac-Man Turns 40
TOKYO • Forty years ago, a new video game featuring a bright yellow, dot-chomping, ghost-dodging character called Pac-Man appeared in Tokyo. It would become t
Gobble Gobble: Pac-Man Turns 40
TOKYO (AFP)Forty years ago, a new video game featuring a bright yellow, dot-chomping, ghost-dodging character called Pac-Man appeared in Tokyo. It would become
Mission Of Mercy: On Duty At Japan's 'last-chance' Hospital For Coronavirus
KAWASAKI, JAPAN (REUTERS)Two paramedics jump out the back of an idling ambulance with Tokyo plates, carefully lowering an elderly woman on a stretcher. The pati
Japan's Elderly Workers, Once Key To Abenomics, Suffer As Coronavirus Closes Businesses
TOKYO (REUTERS)On a recent Saturday in Tokyo's Shinjuku district more than 100 people, several of them elderly men, stood close together in a long queue waiting
Japan Newborn Gets Liver Stem Cells In World First
TOKYO • Doctors in Japan have successfully transplanted liver cells derived from embryonic stem cells into a newborn baby, in a world first that could provide
Top Japan Prosecutor Quits After Flouting Social Distancing Guidelines
A top Japanese prosecutor resigned yesterday, bringing a four-decade career to a shameful end, after he took part in two mahjong games. Such non-essential socia
Mythical Monster Goes Viral As Japan Prays For End Of Coronavirus Pandemic
TOKYO (AFP)Move over Pokemon and Hello Kitty, in coronavirus-hit Japan, a new character has captured hearts and hopes: Amabie, a beak-nosed, long-locked mythica
Chinese Government Vessels Challenge The Status Quo Around Senkaku Islands: Sin Chew Daily Contributor
TOKYO (SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK)In 2019, the relationship between Japan and China was seen to be on track towards improvement. However, the China Coast
Japan Says Drugmaker Gilead's Covid-19 Treatment Remdesivir Now In Use In Hospitals
TOKYO (REUTERS)Japan has begun treating severely ill Covid-19 patients with Gilead Science's Covid-19 remdesivir drug, a health ministry official said, just day
Earthquake Hits Off Coast Of Eastern Japan, No Tsunami Warning
TOKYO (REUTERS)An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Monday (May 11) however, no tsunami warning was issued an
More Than 90% Of Tokyo Hospital Beds For Covid-19 Patients Filled: Government
TOKYO (REUTERS)More than 90 per cent of hospital beds secured for Covid-19 patients in Tokyo have already been occupied, the Japanese Health Ministry said on Su
Japan Planning For One-month Coronavirus Emergency Extension: PM Shinzo Abe
TOKYO (AFP)Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday (May 1) the government would plan for an estimated month-long extension of a state of emergency decl
Golden Week Travel Loses Sheen Amid Pandemic
This time the previous year, Chinese guide Francisco Wang was leading a group of 30 on a seven-day packaged tour of Spain and Portugal, with whirlwind stops in
Japan's Megabanks, Taking Heat For Climate Inaction, Vow Not To Finance New Coal Plants
TOKYOJapan's megabanks have announced commitments, of varying degrees, to stop ficing new coal power projects as global pressure ramps up on the world's third l
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's Coronavirus Plea Inspires Social Distancing Game
TOKYO (REUTERS)Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's entreaty to residents to keep away from each other to halt the spread of the coronavirus has inspired a computer ga
Fears Of Collapse In Healthcare As Virus Cases Top 10,000
The number of Covid-19 cases in Japan topped 10,000 yesterday as the country hunkered down for its first weekend under a nationwide state of emergency, haunted
Japan May Expand State Of Emergency Nationwide, As Abe Plans Cash Payouts For All
TOKYO (REUTERS)Japan was preparing to extend a state of emergency beyond major cities to the entire nation, media reported on Thursday (April 16), and a governm