AP NEWS
 
The race is on for the next Japanese prime minister.
Official election campaigning kicked off Friday for the new head of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, a role that typically signals the next national leader.
Four candidates are competing in the Sept. 29 vote to replace outg...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
North Korea fired what appeared to be two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday — an act Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slammed as “outrageous” — just days after testing a new weapon believed to be capable of delivering a nuclear bomb to most of Japan.
The spate of te...

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OUTLOOK INDIA
 
Japan's Foreign Ministry urged its citizens on Monday to stay away from religious facilities and crowds in six Southeast Asian nations, warning of a possible attack.
The ministry said it had obtained information that “there are increased risks such as suicide bombings”.
The warnin...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
A 49-year-old man died the day after taking his second shot of the vaccine, though authorities said a causal link has not been identified
A third man has died in Japan after receiving an injection from one of three batches of Moderna vaccines since identified as contaminated, thoug...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Takayuki Suzuki earned his fifth medal of the Tokyo Paralympics, taking silver in the men’s 50-meter freestyle S4 ​at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Thursday.
Suzuki finished the race in the category for the physically impaired in 37.70 seconds.
Israel’s Ami Omer Dadaon won the gol...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 2,909 new coronavirus cases, up 94 from Monday and 1,311 down from last Tuesday. It is the ninth straight day that the daily figure has been lower than the same day of the previous week.
The average for Tokyo over the past seven ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Thousands of people on Saturday morning swarmed a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site newly set up in central Tokyo for young people, ironically creating dense crowds at risk of spreading the virus as they lined up to get tickets for about 300 shots offered for the day.
The Tokyo metr...

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BBC
 
A rollercoaster in Japan, said to be the world's fastest-accelerating, has closed indefinitely following reports that multiple riders suffered serious injuries.
The Fuji-Q Highland amusement park said four customers had broken bones on the "Do-Dodonpa" attraction between December 2020 and A...

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JAPAN TIMES
The nationwide total of COVID-19 cases topped 25,000 for the third straight day as Tokyo reported 5,074 new cases Saturday.
Despite anti-virus measures taken under the state of emergency and quasi-emergency status in hard-hit areas, Japan is grappling with its largest wave of infectio...

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NHK
 
Thirty more people involved in the Tokyo Paralympics have tested positive for the coronavirus. The tally includes two para athletes who came to Japan from overseas.
This is the highest daily figure ahead of the Paralympics, which opens on Tuesday.
Sunday's figure brings the total number of ...

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