TOKYO — Transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day to guard against the more contagious variants of …
Japan’s Suga Will Be First Foreign Leader to Visit Biden White House
On Friday morning, Mr. Biden is expected to speak virtually with leaders of Japan, India and Australia. The group, known as the Quad, is a strategic alliance focused on addressing mutual concerns over …
Olympics: No Chinese vaccines to be taken by Team Japan, minister says
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese athletes at the Summer Olympics will not be eligible for coronavirus vaccinations offered by China since Japan has not approved the vaccines, Olympics Minister Tamayo …
Fukushima: Japan mourns victims of earthquake and nuclear disaster 10 years on
TOKYO — An earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. Japan on Thursday marked 10 years since a triple catastrophe crippled its northeastern region, killing thousands and leaving a trail of …
CBS News’ Lucy Craft talks to her son about Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami hitting his school
As scenes of epic devastation started to roll in from across northeastern Japan, I futilely dialed one of the few places with functioning phones, the Sendai police department. An overwhelmed officer …
Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit
Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the country’s northeast …
In world-first trial, Japan-Australia venture starts producing hydrogen from dirty coal
Run by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and located in the state of Victoria, home to a quarter of the world’s known brown coal reserves, the project is key to helping Japan meet its target of net zero …
Japan’s Suga to meet with U.S. President Biden in first half of April: minister
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will travel to the United States to meet President Joe Biden next month to discuss Indo-Pacific issues, Japan’s chief government spokesman said …
Daiichi Sankyo says it has begun producing AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Daiichi Sankyo Co said on Friday it had begun the production of AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine in Japan. The drugmaker said in a release it will prepare the vaccine in Japan, …
Quad alliance of US, Japan, India and Australia is part of Biden’s plan to contain China. But some experts aren’t so sure
Hong Kong (CNN)US President Joe Biden’s administration entered the White House this year aiming to unite allies in efforts to contain China’s territorial claims across the Indo-Pacific. On Friday, …