NHK
 
Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has declared the nation's third state of emergency to contain the coronavirus pandemic. It takes effect on Sunday in Tokyo and the western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo.
The declaration will remain in effect for just over two weeks through May 1...

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VOA NEWS
 
TAIPEI - A joint statement by U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from their recent meeting at the White House has left officials and analysts in Taiwan wondering how far Japan might be willing to go to help defend the island against an attack from China...

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AL JAZEERA
 
Military exercise, running from May 11 to 17, will be the first large-scale drill in Japan involving ground troops from all three countries
Japan will hold a joint military drill with US and French troops in the country’s southwest next month, the defence minister has announced, as C...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The government plans to keep schools open in prefectures placed under a COVID-19 state of emergency in an effort to avoid interrupting education, officials have said.
Education ministry guidelines say that region-wide school closures due to the pandemic should be avoided from the vi...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Japan has vaccinated less than 1% of the population, leaving many expatriates frustrated London is not helping them.Japan’s troubled vaccination rollout has left British residents feeling “trapped” in their adopted home, preventing them visiting parents and children they haven’t se...

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NHK
 
Japan's government is reportedly in the final stage of discussions on declaring a state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and two other populous prefectures amid rising COVID-19 infections.
Senior officials of the main governing Liberal Democratic Party told reporters on Thursday that they were ...

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DELTA OPTIMIST
 
 
TOKYO — Japan's prime minister announced on Thursday an ambitious new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, hours before he was to join a virtual climate summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Japan will strive by 2030 to cut its em...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Japan needs to consider scrapping the Tokyo Olympics and speeding up its vaccine rollout amid growing virus infections, according to former Finance Minister Jun Azumi.
"We’re at a point in time when we should seriously consider a cancellation or postponement,” said Azumi, parliament...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 711 new cases of the coronavirus, up 306 from Monday. Osaka continued to report the most number of cases in the nation, recording 1,153 new infections.
By age group, people in their 20s (175 cases) and their 30s (148) acc...

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AP NEWS
 
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government said Monday it is asking Myanmar to release a Japanese journalist who was arrested by security forces in its largest city of Yangon the previous day.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters that his government is asking Myanmar authorities t...

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