The regular session of the National Diet, which had been hard-pressed to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, came to a close on June 17....
Major League Baseball is coming back. After contentious negotiations between the owners and the Major League Baseball Players Association led to an impasse...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a decoupling movement, as states try to disentangle their supply chains and political commitments from an increasingly...
The state of emergency in Japan was lifted on May 25. Now, with schools reopening, it is heartening to once again see gaggles of school...
The novel coronavirus came into the lives of most people around the world only about six months ago. It has infected more than seven million people...
On the evening of June 16, North Korea blew up the Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office in the city of Kaesong near its border with South...
(Feature Photo: Baseball: the 2020 Nippon pro baseball season has started.) The clock is ticking. MLB owners and the Major League Baseball...
The prestigious Præmium Imperiale award, which recognizes the achievements of artists from all over the world, will officially not be held in 2020. The...
Although the illumination on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and the Rainbow Bridge has been turned to seven colors from the alert signal of red,...
Kentucky Fried Chicken is celebrating half a century of business in Japan this year. And as they've done since 1984, KFC shops across the...
June has arrived, and along with it an unusually early rainy season comes knocking at the door. Muggy days, alternating between scorching sunshine and...
In a curious move aimed at minimizing the potential for COVID-19 cases, Nippon Professional Baseball announced on Wednesday evening that extra-inning games will be limited...