Japan to suspend travel subsidies over holidays amid virus surge
TOKYO, Dec 14, 2020, Kyodo. The Japanese government will temporarily suspend its subsidy program for…
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US will not punish athletes for social justice protests at Olympics
TOKYO, Dec 12, 2020, Kyodo. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said Thursday it will…
Japan to keep tax cuts for home, car buyers to help virus-hit economy
TOKYO, Dec 10, 2020, Kyodo. Japan’s ruling coalition approved a tax reform package for fiscal…
Japan to fund AI matchmaking to boost birth rate
TOKYO, Dec 8, 2020, BBC. Japan plans to boost its tumbling birth rate by funding…
Japan space agency hails return of asteroid dust on Earth
TOKYO, Dec 7, 2020, AFP. Japan space agency officials on Sunday hailed the arrival of…
Japan, US conduct joint military drills amid China’s assertiveness
TOKYO, Dec 7, 2020, Kyodo. Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. military on Monday…
Support for Japan’s cabinet plunges to 50 per cent: Poll
TOKYO, Dec 6, 2020, Kyodo. The approval rate for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet has…
Postponement costs for Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics to total $2.83B
TOKYO, Dec 4, 2020, Kyodo. The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics reached an…
In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020
TOKYO, Nov 29, 2020, CNN. Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The…
China formin to meet Japan’s Suga
TOKYO, Nov 25, 2020, Reuters. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet Japanese Prime Minister…
Tokyo to again ask restaurants to shorten business hours from Nov 28
TOKYO, Nov 25, 2020, Kyodo. The Tokyo metropolitan government is planning to request once again…
China’s top diplomat arrives in Japan amid regional tensions
TOKYO, Nov 24, 2020, Reuters. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday…