A panel of experts has begun talks on addressing the shortage of heirs to the Japanese imperial throne, as a poll showed that four in five members of the public are comfortable with the idea of women …
Tokyo Olympics: Why doesn’t Japan cancel the Games?
The Tokyo Olympics are now just over two months away and calls to ditch the Games in the face of the pandemic are getting louder by the day. So why isn’t Japan talking about cancelling the Games? The …
Myanmar frees Japanese journalist as gesture to Tokyo
An arrested Japanese reporter returned home Friday after being released by Myanmar’s ruling junta in what it called a gesture of friendship to Japan. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said …
Top Japanese CEO says hosting the Olympics amounts to a ‘suicide mission’
By Selina Wang and Diksha Madhok, CNN Business The CEO of Japan’s top e-commerce company said Friday that it would be a …
Coronavirus live news: Japan prefectures to declare emergency; Ireland’s health IT systems suffer ransomware attack
Japan to declare state of emergency in three more prefectures; Ireland says vaccine programme will be unaffected by IT shutdown …
Japan to declare more COVID state of emergencies
With just over two months before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan is expanding its state of emergency to try and contain a more infectious strain of COVID-19.Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura …
China Closes In On Japan At Beauty Giant Shiseido
Shiseido’s home market has underperformed during the pandemic while China’s consistently strong growth has tilted the company’s geographic weighting at lightning speed.
Maker of expensive Japanese toaster gets into smartphone business
Balmuda, a Japanese design company known for its stylish appliances, has announced plans to make a smartphone. There aren’t many details on the device itself yet, but it’ll be a 5G handset that’s …
Myanmar jails local journalist, to free Japanese reporter
Min Nyo, who worked for the Democratic Voice of Burma was arrested on March 3 and was sentenced to three years in jail.
Myanmar to release arrested Japanese journalist
A Japanese journalist who was arrested in Myanmar last month and later charged with spreading fake news will be released, state media said Thursday.Yuki Kitazumi was the first foreign journalist known …