Our shared goal is to identify and scale up sustainable and resilient ways for our nations’ youth to maintain a global outlook as international student mobility...
Determined survivors are reconstructing their cities from the Tohoku Earthquake, while cleaning up from the latest tremor, preparing for the Olympic Torch Relay and planning to...
Japan has the technology. Now the government must provide the financial support to bring Japan’s R&D on vaccines and therapeutic drugs up to speed with those...
“I would like each region to do their utmost and take the necessary measures to avoid a renewed spread of infections," said Minister of Health Norihisa...
Renowned architects Stefano Boeri and Sou Fujimoto say the pandemic and climate change should make us rethink how we utilize urban spaces.
Choosing quality over quantity, foreign sake lovers are choosing luxury sake to drink at home to compensate for not being able to travel due to the...
Minister in charge Taro Kono, stressed the need to "work flexibly" to help the 1,719 local governments carry out the vaccine rollout, which aims to immunize...
Investigators were not allowed into Wuhan for more than one full year after the virus first appeared, prevented from freely interviewing people and limited to brief...
Modernizing the 1,000 year history of hina ningyo, Kyugetsu crafts dolls that reflect the mood of that year. What did they create to represent this year,...
By being slow with the rollout, Japan can receive updated vaccine formulas that are more effective against new, more infectious virus mutations as have emerged in...
In the telework environment of the pandemic, why not give chocolates instead to people in difficult situations? Or to people working in sectors essential for the...
The changes allow financial penalties for businesses that don’t comply with the recommended closing hours, among other measures.