On October 11, Japan will lift most of the remaining border restrictions it enforced more than two years ago, at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic. On the face of it, that means a return to ...

Japan's coronavirus cases plunged as delta variant infections subsided in the fall, and Kishida has said closing the border to most foreign travelers in late November helped delay the latest surge ...

Japan eased border restrictions in October of last year ... The government will close down and I will continue being stranded." Japan's coronavirus situation has improved dramatically over ...

Written by veteran Asahi Shimbun writers, the column provides useful perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.

TASS/. Japan is arming itself at a quickened pace, at the same time stepping up its naval activities near the Russian border together with Washington, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey ...