Japan enacts law to tackle loneliness and social isolation

Japan on Wednesday recorded 415 Covid deaths, the highest-ever count for a single day, health ministry data showed.

Japan records 415 new Covid deaths: Data

Japan's inability to contain the Covid-19 pandemic means that plans to hold the Olympics in Tokyo should be reconsidered, health experts wrote in a commentary.

Tokyo Olympics must be reconsidered due to Japan's failure to contain pandemic

Just 2,810 people in Tokyo are expected to get a shot from the first batch, while most regions will receive 1,000 doses or fewer, according to a health ministry schedule.

Japan begins coronavirus vaccinations for people over 65

The number of COVID-19 infections in Tokyo may have jumped by nine-fold since last summer, coronavirus antibody tests showed, as Japan tries to rein in the country's third and most lethal wave of the pandemic ahead of the Olympics in July.

Survey: COVID-19 infections in Tokyo may have jumped nine-fold

Japan has confirmed 2,679 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest single-day increase since the pandemic has started.

WION Fineprint: Japan sets new single-day record of COVID-19 cases

The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered theatres across Japan, and while other traditional art forms can rely on generous private backers or state subsidies, Noh depends heavily on staging shows.

Can Japan's ancient Noh theatre survive COVID-19?

Tokyo-based carrier First Airlines offers two-hour virtual reality ‘flights’ through Japan’s popular sights.

Japanese company is offering virtual flights | Japan technology | WION

Japan's Okinawa declares state of emergency as COVID-19 cases soar

Tokyo is likely to see coronavirus cases top 280 on Thursday (July 16), Governor Yuriko Koike said, in what would mark a record daily high for the Japanese capital.

Japan: Tokyo reports 280 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Japan: Tokyo witnesses sudden spike in COVID-19 cases

Countries around the world are racing to develop a cure for COVID-19. Japan has become a victim of its own success. The country cannot find enough patients for its clinical trial. Watch report.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Lack of patients for clinical trials in Japan

Japan: Mira Robotics developed its Ugo robot to reinforce greying Japan's shrinking workforce

COVID-19: Robot 'Ugo' built for Japan's ageing workforce

The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed Japan into a recession. Why is the Japanese economy struggling? WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you a report.

Gravitas: Japan faces worst post-war slump

Japanese PM asks companies to build 2,000 ventilators; hospitals say not needed

As Japan's restaurants and bars slowly open up from a coronavirus lockdown, many are looking to reassure the public that dining out is safe again and one Japanese-style izakaya pub thinks it has found the perfect solution.

New normal? Japanese pub disinfects customers with spray machine

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday evening justified extending the state of emergency nationwide until May 31

Japan extends state of emergency till May 31

More than 200 people have died from COVID-19 in Japan's capital Tokyo. Doctors are also of the collapse of the medical system in Japan. Watch WION's report from Tokyo direct.

10,797 coronavirus infected across Japan: Records hundred infections daily

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded a state of emergency to cover the whole country on Thursday in an attempt to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus

Japan declares nationwide state of emergency amid coronavirus spread

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to declare state of emergency to curb the spread of coronavirus as the confirmed number of cases in the country surged to over 4,500, local media reported.

Japan all set to declare state of emergency

Two former passengers of Japan virus cruise ship die

Three more Japanese citizens evacuated from Wuhan test positive for nCoV