With the Tokyo Games weeks away, the pharmaceutical company and its German partner, BioNTech, have agreed to donate the necessary doses.
Girl’s death in Japan prompts probe of alleged bullying
A Japanese city will reinvestigate alleged bullying that was denied by education officials two years ago after a 14-year-old girl was found dead in a neighborhood park. Saaya Hirose, an eighth grader, …
Leaders Change, But Japan-U.S. Relations Remain Strong | Opinion
While the Japanese didn’t seem to mind Trump’s brashness, there’s little doubt that a return to a more ordinary U.S.-Japan relationship is also welcome.
Squids in: Japan town builds giant statue with Covid grant
A remote Japanese fishing town has sparked debate after spending coronavirus relief funds on a giant squid statue that cost nearly $250,000 in a controversial bid to boost post-pandemic tourism.
Panic looms over Japan’s plummeting birth rate
The scale of Japan’s demographic crisis has been laid bare by figures that reveal the number of children in the country is the smallest since records began in 1950.The government marked Children’s Day …
Migrants from Japan to North Korea after war were promised ‘paradise on earth’ but ended up ‘in hell’
As the Korean War came to an end, the Japanese government wanted to get rid of the Koreans living in the slums, so it mounted a propaganda blitz, touting itself as a “paradise” with jobs} for everyone …
US, Japan, South Korea diplomats review North Korea strategy
Japan backs ADB with $15 mln for universal health coverage in Asia
TOKYO, May 5 (Reuters) – Japan will contribute $15 million to a fund aimed at promoting universal health coverage in the Asia-Pacific region to prevent the resurgence of the coronavirus and other …
Town in Japan builds giant squid with Covid relief funds
TOKYO -A coastal town in the western part of Japan has drawn ire on social media for using some of the coronavirus relief funds it was given by the government to build a statue of a giant squid in the …
New dinosaur discovered in Japan named after Shinto god
On 27 April, it was reported in the English scientific journal Scientific Reports that a never-seen-before dinosaur fossil was discovered on Awaji Island, in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan. The fossil …