"There is the fear that the increase in infections will cause pressure on the medical system, and that is why we took this decision", explained Prime...
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...
It was a year when the economy survived while technology thrived, reminding us that science doesn’t stop, even during a health crisis.
~~ As 2020 comes to a close, we at JAPAN Forward are reflecting on the stories that moved Japan forward this year. While SARS-Cov-2 the virus...
Yoshihide Suga officially became the 99th prime minister of Japan on Wednesday afternoon, September 16, succeeding Shinzo Abe, in whose Cabinet he served in the...
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election, which saw Yoshihide Suga elected in a landslide victory of 377 votes out of 534, took place in Tokyo...
Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, the International Olympic Committee has been faced with the arduous task...
Whether you call it “panda diplomacy” or “panda pandering,” the negotiations for loans of giant pandas from China for Japanese zoos continue to serve as...