May 13, 2021
Patients infected with coronavirus variants that have the N501Y mutation account for more than 70% of newly confirmed cases nationwide, the health ministry has announced. A random sampling survey was conducted on 14,751 cases around the country during the week through May 2. A total of 10,780 pati...
Following the recent enactment of legislation related to digital reforms, the government will accelerate its efforts in this field, including preparations to establish a digital agency in September. The government intends to promote to the public the benefits to be gained from digital reforms, a ...
Residents of Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures aged 65 or over will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines at mass inoculation sites in Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The sites, scheduled to open on May 24, will be operated ...
An additional 20 people were found to have died after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations by May 7, bringing the total of such deaths to 39, the health ministry said Thursday. The 20 people ranged in ag...
The Chiba prefectural government announced on Wednesday that the U.S. track and field team for the Tokyo Olympics has decided to cancel its planned training camp in the prefecture due to concerns ove...
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son refuses to be satisfied even after the tech conglomerate set a record in fiscal 2020 for the highest net profit by a Japanese company. “We haven...
Tokyo logged 1,010 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, up by 419 from a week earlier during the Golden Week holiday period, when the daily tally was 591, the metropolitan government said. I...
The proportion of young people infected with the novel coronavirus has been on the rise in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the spread of infectious variants is thought to be the cause. In Tokyo, peo...
As vaccinations of the elderly against the novel coronavirus gain speed, the Consumer Affairs Agency and the police are warning people to be wary of scam phone calls telling senior citizens that they ...
Up to about 300 people a day broke novel coronavirus quarantine requirements in April after entering Japan, according to the government. The government said Wednesday at a meeting of entities incl...
The government aims to have ready by the end of June a smartphone application developed for overseas athletes and others coming for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, The Yomiuri Shimbun...
The Emperor and the Empress made online visits to elementary and junior high schools in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures on Wednesday, making up for visits to children’s facilities that would ord...
COVID-19 vaccinations for the elderly are expected to be completed by July, the central government’s target, in over 85% of all municipalities. The central government announced Wednesday that thes...
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry reported a record 1,214 critically ill COVID-19 patients on Thursday, up 25 from the previous day, and the 13th consecutive day since May 1 that the number of se...
It has been decided that Hiroaki Nakanishi, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) and a former chairman of Hitachi Ltd., will resign from his Keidanren post due to illness before his t...
Need a break from the headlines? Here’s your daily dose of humor, curated by The Japan News. New comics are available every day, so ’toon in to both our print and web editions for a satirical l...
Keep track of the coronavirus epidemic as it unfolds in Japan. Relevant stories and graphics appear below covering events up to and including the current state of emergency and the future outlook. ...
The following charts give a visual representation of the spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan and around the world. The first shows the extensiveness of cases in relation to a nation’s populatio...
This is the first step toward the utilization of digital technology by society as a whole. A system must be built that is easy for the public to use. Laws related to digital reform, which Prime Mini...
Tokyo (Jiji Press) — The government said Wednesday it will in principle ban foreign nationals who have recently been to India, Pakistan or Nepal from entering Japan, even if they have residency stat...
TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp forecast its profit would bounce back to pre-pandemic levels this year, as the world’s biggest automaker exuded confidence it can tackle a global chip shortage...
As the spread of the novel coronavirus continues unabated, there are calls for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to be canceled. However, it is unreasonable to pressure athletes to withdraw fro...
To prevent the spread of the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus, which is said to be especially infectious, it is important to strengthen measures related to border control and monitoring. A 14...
Keep track of the coronavirus epidemic as it unfolds in Japan. Relevant stories and graphics appear below covering events up to and including the current state of emergency and the future outlook. ...
The following charts give a visual representation of the spread of the novel coronavirus in Japan and around the world. The first shows the extensiveness of cases in relation to a nation’s populatio...
Need a break from the headlines? Here’s your daily dose of humor, curated by The Japan News. New comics are available every day, so ’toon in to both our print and web editions for a satirical l...
The central government aims to vaccinate the elderly population against COVID-19 at a pace of “1 million doses a day” in order to finish vaccinating people 65 or older by the end of July. While th...
The Diet enacted Wednesday a package of six bills for digital reform, focusing on the creation of a government body to deal with digitization. The bills cleared a plenary session of the House of Cou...
A record 55 people died in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday from the novel coronavirus, according to the prefectural government. Osaka Prefecture also confirmed 974 new infections on the day. Tokyo ha...
As the spread of the novel coronavirus continues unabated, there are calls for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games to be canceled. However, it is unreasonable to pressure athletes to withdraw fro...
The government has extended its current state of emergency, declared due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, from Wednesday through the end of this month, with Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures added ...
A failure in a cloud computing system provided by U.S.-based IT company Salesforce.com Inc. paralyzed COVID-19 vaccination reservation systems operated by local governments across Japan on Wednesday. ...
To prevent the spread of the Indian variant of the novel coronavirus, which is said to be especially infectious, it is important to strengthen measures related to border control and monitoring. A 14...
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Celine Chan Hui Juan shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national governmen...
Gwendolen Jones shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government aut...
Jenny Nash shares her experiences as participant of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, which is administered through the collaboration of Japan’s local and national government authorit...
KUMAMOTO — Restoration work continues to forge ahead on Kumamoto Castle, which was severely damaged by a pair of powerful earthquakes that hit the southern city over three days in April 2016. With t...
Life is full of humble delights, and they’re particularly enjoyable when they strike unexpectedly. The very best are those that continue to come to mind, bringing pleasure or amusement long after th...
Gold leaf artwork adorning sliding doors in the former estate of the Shimazu clan, now the Sengan-en gardens in Kagoshima, has been restored to its original luster and put on public display. Five d...
