This comes as Tokyo reached nearly 2,500 new infections in one day for the first time on January 7, an increase of nearly 1,000 cases compared...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday evening, May 25, the lifting of the state of emergency in Tokyo and the remaining prefectures, crediting “the strength...
“Following the approval of the panel of experts, it has been decided that the state of emergency will be lifted from Kansai’s Hyogo, Osaka, and...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Thursday evening, May 14, the lifting of the state of emergency in 39 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, two weeks earlier...
(First of Two Parts) Part 2: INTERVIEW | Shinzo Abe on Economic Aid, Crisis Management in the Face of COVID-19 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed his...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday evening, May 4, that the state of emergency would be extended until the end of the month, citing the...
Citing the “very serious situation” Japan is facing due to the increasing number of cases of coronavirus infections, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday evening,...
The Japanese government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Thursday evening, April 16, that the state of emergency will be extended to...
In what could be one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's most important press conferences in history, he declared on Tuesday, April 7, a state of emergency...
Japan has entered a new phase in the spread of the coronavirus disease, and it was clear by the context of the press conference that...
At 5.45 PM on Tuesday, April 7, Shinzo Abeformally declared a “State of Emergency” to fight the spread of COVID-19. The declaration applies to 2 metropolitan...
Governor Yuriko Koike on Monday evening, April 6, gave residents of the wider Tokyo metropolitan area a preview of what to expect when Prime Minister Shinzo...