Like many countries around the world, Japan has released citizens from the state of emergency it had imposed to fight COVID-19. Most of the population...
The J. League first-division season will start again on July 4, it was announced on Friday. The pro soccer league’s 18-team top flight...
What have you been doing in lockdown? So many kimono events have been cancelled this year. In more usual times, I would have been...
When the Japanese government first announced that Tokyo would be placed under a state of emergency, I felt that it wouldn’t be long before it...
The Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) regular season will begin on June 19, NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito announced on Monday. Japanese baseball’s top official...
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...
Japan released many prefectures from the state of emergency as of May 21, but the heavily-hit Tokyo area — including Kanagawa (Yokohama), Chiba and Saitama —...
“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...
While the novel coronavirus has rampaged around the world, Japan has avoided an explosion of the infection and contained the virus in the initial...
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...
(Last of Two Parts) Part 1: INTERVIEW | Prime Minister Abe Anxious to Lift State of Emergency, Talks About Advances in Coronavirus Treatment ...
(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...
