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Japanese woman, 117, becomes country's oldest person on record

• 7 days   ago
• Information

Kane Tanaka, who is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person, reached the age of 117 years and 261 days

Japan's ex-PM Abe visits controversial memorial

• 1 week ago
• International

Japan's former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has visited a controversial war memorial just days after stepping

A record one person in every 1,500 in Japan is aged at least 100

• 1 week ago
• International

By Sara Spary and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN

Japan: Bookings start for trips to and from Tokyo under Go To Travel program

• 2 weeks   ago
• International

Travel agencies and hotels on Friday began accepting reservations for domestic trips to and from Tokyo starting Oct. 1 under the

The Unlikely Rise of Yoshihide Suga, Son of a Farmer Who Could be Japan's Next Prime Minister

• 2 weeks   ago
• International

If Shinzo Abe was perhaps born to be Japan's prime minister, the path to political stardom for his potential successor was hardly

Mauritius oil spill ship operator to pay $9.4 million

• 3 weeks   ago
• International

The Japanese operator of a ship that leaked oil off the Mauritius coast pledged Friday to pay at least $9.4 million to help restore areas affected

A Japanese company successfully tests a manned flying car for the first time

• 3 weeks   ago
• International

By Lauren M. Johnson,

Japan’s economy shrinks by over 28%

• 3 weeks   ago
• International

Japan's economy has been hit hard by COVID-19 as the latest figures reveal the annual growth rate has shrunk by

Japan says it will bear cost of coronavirus vaccines for populace

• 3 weeks   ago
• Updates

REUTERS
Japan’s government said on Friday it would bear the cost of providing coronavirus vaccines to the populace, as it aims for

Livestock ship and crew missing in typhoon

• 4 weeks   ago
• International

Warren Buffett bets $6 billion on five companies on the same day he turned 90

• 4 weeks   ago
• Business

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought stakes in five Japanese trading companies that dominate the nation’s energy and

Moderna to supply 40mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Japan

• 4 weeks   ago
• Updates

A Phase 3 study of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is being conducted in collaboration with the US National Institutes of Health and Biomedical

Japanese company successfully tests a manned flying car for the first time

• 4 weeks   ago
• International

A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car.   Sky Drive Inc. conducted the public demonstration on

Qatar's Ambassador to Japan Visits QFFD's Maskar Complex

• 1 month ago
• Local

HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Japan Hassan bin Mohammed Rafie Al Emadi has and HE Mayor of Onagawa City Yoshiaki Suda made a visit to the

Japan PM Shinzo Abe To Resign Over Health: Reports

• 1 month ago
• International

"Abe intends to resign as his illness has worsened and he worries it will cause trouble" in leading the country, national broadcaster

Japan raises travel advisory for 13 countries mainly in Africa

• 1 month ago
• International

Japan raised its travel advisory Wednesday for 13 countries mainly in Africa, warning against traveling to them amid concerns about the spread of

School opens in quake-hit northern Japan town with help of Qatari fund

• 1 month ago
• Local

A new school has opened in the northeastern town of Onagawa, where hundreds of lives were lost in the 2011 quake and tsunami, with help from a

Japan to relax ban on foreign residents returning to the country

• 1 month ago
• International

Japan is planning to relax a coronavirus entry ban that discriminates against foreign residents because of fears it undermines business

VJ Day: Japan marks 75 years since end of WWII

• 1 month ago
• International

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has expressed "deep remorse" over his country's actions during World War Two, on the 75th