Tokyo, July 12 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will start accepting applications for certificates issued to novel coronavirus vaccine recipients at municipal offices across the country from J

Tokyo, July 10 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee said Saturday that baseball and softball matches in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima will be held without spectato

Tokyo, June 30 (Jiji Press)--The number of guests who stayed at hotels and "ryokan" Japanese-style inns in Japan in 2020 dropped 44.3 pct from the previous year to 331.65 million, the low

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)--With the Tokyo Olympics less than a month away, Yasuhiro Yamashita, president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, has expressed hopes that the Tokyo Games will energize

Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to hold a series of bilateral talks with foreign leaders who visit the country for the Tokyo Olympics this summer, but

Tokyo, June 22 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has taken a rest because of fatigue from her heavy workload, the metropolitan government said Tuesday.

Tokyo, June 21 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government on Monday vowed to offer 10 billion dollars in aid to help Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries reduce greenhouse gas emissio

Narita, Chiba Pref., June 20 (Jiji Press)--A member of Uganda's Olympic team has tested positive for the novel coronavirus upon arrival at Japan's Narita International Airport, sources sa

Tokyo, June 18 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government, the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee, the International Olympic Committee and two other parties are slated to adopt on Monda

Tokyo, June 12 (Jiji Press)--Japanese scientist Eiichi Negishi, a winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, died in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday, Purdue University has said. He was 85.