In contrast to the lockdowns imposed in many countries around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese ...

Japan's government expanded its state of emergency on Wednesday as the country battles its most serious wave of coronavirus infections yet. Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Aichi, Gifu, Fukuoka and Tochigi ...

Japan has lifted a state of emergency imposed due to the coronavirus in 39 out of 47 prefectures, after a sharp fall in new infections. The order still applies in Tokyo, Osaka and on the northern ...

Japan plans to release some of its rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use in response to record domestic prices for the ...

The last state of emergency in the capital has long been ... which was packed with both Japanese and non-Japanese people. “When we tried to enter a pub, we were told that now is the time for ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan plans to release some of its rice stockpiles reserved for emergency use in response to record domestic prices for the grain. The government will discuss selling part of its ...