JAPAN TIMES
 
The government lifted its COVID-19 quasi-emergency measures in Niigata, Nagano, Fukushima and 10 other prefectures on Monday, as new cases dip and the burden on regional medical systems comes under control.
Restrictions were lifted on operating hours at restaurants and bars and on t...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Taiki Kawayoke, Japan’s flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympics, won a gold medal in para cross-country skiing on Monday.
The 21-year-old is the youngest male gold medalist for Japan at a Winter Paralympic Games, winning the men’s long distance clas...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
World record holder and two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya won the men’s race in the Tokyo Marathon 2021 on Sunday with a new event record of 2 hours 2 minutes 40 seconds.
Kipchoge took gold at last summer’s Tokyo Olympics and in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The top Jap...

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NHK
 
Japan is working to set up a support system as it plans to accept Ukrainians fleeing their homeland because of Russian attacks.
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said on Wednesday that Japan will make the arrangements to show its solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
The Japanese government pla...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan reached the government's target of administering 1 million COVID-19 booster shots per day in mid-February as it accelerated the inoculation drive to stem infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the vaccine minister said Friday.
Noriko ...

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TIME OUT
 
From March 14, the cap will be raised to 7,000 people per day and foreign students will be given priority
Japan has finally reopened its borders to the world, allowing non-tourists such as business travellers and students to finally enter the country.
However, as Japan has been closed ...

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday condemned Russia's nuclear threats as "outrageous" after President Vladimir Putin said he was putting his country's nuclear forces on high alert amid its invasion of Ukraine.
Kishida also said Japan will freeze the assets of Russian o...

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NBC NEWS
 
 
Greg Kelly, charged with underreporting his boss Carlos Ghosn’s pay, received a six-month suspended sentence that will allow him to return to the U.S. immediately.
A court in Tokyo gave Greg Kelly, a former American executive at Nissan Motor charged with underreporting his boss Carlo...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
The Japanese government will freeze assets held by four more Russian banks following the European Union's latest financial sanctions against Moscow imposed in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Thursday.
The move came a day after the EU s...

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CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
 
Japan said on Tuesday (Mar 1) it would take "appropriate action" on energy projects in Russia involving Japanese state-owned companies, as major Western oil companies led a withdrawal from Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.
Industry minister Koichi Hagiuda told a n...

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