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Sayaka Azuma sits at her desk in Tokyo, with her traditional hand seal, known as a hanko, visible on the desk in a blue velvet box. A screengrab from the Inkans.com website shows advertisements …
Tokyo — Japan's prime minister on Monday extended a state of emergency over the coronavirus until the end of May, as the government warned it was too soon to lift restrictions. "I will…
Only select businesses are permitted to stay open: Supermarkets, drug stores, public transit, health care providers… and hair salons. Prime Minister Abe has singled these out as services "e…
Tokyo — In what was seen as a long-awaited bow to the inevitable, Japanese Prime Minister Abe has announced he will declare a national state of emergency over the growing coronavirus epidemic in…
Tokyo — The Japanese capital registered 47 new coronavirus cases Thursday, its biggest single-day rise, as the metropolis of 13.9 million people prepares for a weekend indoors. The region i…
For much of the Japanese public, the tragedy underscored a growing sense that the country is under siege, by its own aged, out-of-control motorists. There is even a grim new genre of d…
Japan sees epidemic of elderly driver crashes... Japan is facing a new epidemic due to its aging population. The number of car accidents caused by elderly drivers is skyrocketing in the country,…
Guinness World Records named Chitetsu Watanabe from Niigata, Japan, the oldest living male in the world, at 112 Years 344 days, on 12 February 2020. Guinness World RecordsTokyo, Japan — A Japane…
Japan scrambling to prevent 70 cases of coron... More than 37,000 people have been infected with coronavirus in China and more than 800 have died. Outside of China, there have been more than 300…
Coronavirus infections surge on cruise ship The potentially deadly coronavirus is being blamed for more than 900 deaths, including one American. The outbreak aboard a cruise ship in Japan is get…
