TOKYO, March 23 Kyodo - A Japanese health ministry panel approved on Wednesday the administration of third booster shots of U.S.

TOKYO, March 23 Kyodo - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday asked Japan to ban trade with Russia to stop what he called the "tsunami" of its invasion into Ukraine, as he

TOKYO, March 22 Kyodo - A COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency ended Tuesday in all 18 prefectures covered, including Tokyo and Osaka, amid a declining trend in the number of new infections.

TOKYO, March 22 Kyodo - A COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency ended Tuesday in all 18 prefectures covered, including Tokyo and Osaka, amid a declining trend in the number of new infections.

TOKYO, March 17 Kyodo - A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit off northeastern Japan late Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and dozens injured and causing a high-speed shinkansen train

TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo - Japan is considering raising the daily cap on overseas arrivals to 10,000 from the current 7,000 starting in April, further easing its COVID-19 border controls, government s

TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo - The Japanese government is arranging to grant entry to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion even if they have no relative or acquaintance in Japan who can act as a guaran

TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo - Japan is considering lifting the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency for 18 prefectures upon its expiration next week as the number of infections in those areas has been decre

TOKYO, March 10 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday congratulated Yoon Suk Yeol on winning South Korea's presidential election, expressing hope to improve a bilateral rel

TOKYO, March 8 Kyodo - Japan's justice minister said Tuesday the government has accepted into the country eight people displaced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, following an earlier anno