“I want you to understand that with the new Delta variant, there are many young people who are getting infected, and suffering in hospitals,” ーPrime Minister...
“The next 72 hours are crucial,” the mayor of Atami City, Sakae Sato, gravely warned residents and emergency workers.
More than 10 million tons of plastic waste pour into the world’s seas annually. Some half of it comes from East and Southeast Asia, ending up...
“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...
This was the case when someone asked me innocently “how do the Japanese approach religion and spirituality?”
The new prefectures are Hyogo, Kyoto and Osaka in the Kansai region, Aichi and Gifu in the Chubu region, Tochigi in Kanto and finally Fukuoka in...
~~ A magnificent sunset sinks behind Mount Fuji. The two “number ones in Japan” become silhouettes and merge over the orange canvas. In a residential neighborhood...
Tokyo Game Show 2020 (TGS2020), the mecca event for video game lovers in Japan which was scheduled for September 24-27, 2020, is officially cancelled. The...
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...
Megaquakes surpassing the strongest ones in Japan’s recorded history could be forthcoming, a string of findings released by Japan’s Cabinet Office on April 21...
A working committee of the Japanese government’s Central Disaster Management Council, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, released a report on March 31 on the...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to make a major announcement on Tuesday, April 7, where he is largely expected to place Tokyo and other metropolitan...
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