Exports of both cars and auto parts more than doubled, up 135.5% and 139.1% from a year earlier, respectively.

Japan's May exports log sharpest rise in 41 years

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

The Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrives in the US to meet his counterpart President Joe Biden. Both leaders are expected to talk over China's ill treatment of Uighur muslims and to have a united front over Taiwan

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrives in US

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 foreign and defence ministers of Japan and Germany will hold a “2 plus 2” virtual dialogue in mid-April -- in the wake of China taking an increasingly aggressive foreign policy approach in the Indo-Pacific region.

Japan and Germany to hold first '2 plus 2' dialogue talks in April

External demand, or exports minus imports, added 1.0 percentage point to the fourth-quarter GDP growth rate.

Japan’s economy performed better than expected in last quarter

The government kept its assessment of industrial production unchanged, saying it was picking up.

Japan factory output growth stalls after rising for 5 months

In Japan, the government of Yoshihide Suga is reinforcing the country's military might. It has proposed a record $51.7 billion defence budget. This is the ninth consecutive rise in Japan's military spending.

Japan's record $52 billion military budget aims at safeguarding against China

The missiles would allow Japan to expand a strategy known as anti-access area denial (A2AD), that is meant to stop foreign forces from operating freely in waters close to its home territory.

Japan to develop new long-range missile as crisis over East-China sea deepens

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

Japan is one of the very few countries, which releases timely data on suicide, aiding other nations to devise policies on mental health.

More people died of suicide in October than due to COVID-19 in 2020

According to US information security firm CrowdStrike, the attacks were the first cases of their kind in the country.

Japanese vaccine producers under cyber attacks: Reports

Japan’s new premier Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday pledged to contain COVID-19 and retain his former boss’s “Abenomics” growth policies.

Japan consumer prices down at fastest pace in 4 years

Japanese ruling party leader Yoshihide Suga was elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new premier in nearly eight years.

PM Suga's 5-step plan to revive Japanese economy

That meant exports fell for their 21st straight month, marking the longest run of declines since a 23-month run through July 1987.

Japan's exports extend double-digit declines

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?

Large areas along the Kuma river were swallowed by floodwaters, with many houses, buildings and vehicles submerged almost up to their roofs.

At least 34 killed as floods batter Japan

Japan's recorded 20% drop in suicide rate before lockdown. Watch this report to know more.

COVID-19 Pandemic to worsen Japan's suicide rate?

Japan's fight against suicides gets harder

Japanese medical researchers warns parents that regular use of masks amongst children could lead to serious health issues

WION Dispatch: 'Masks increase risk of choking among kids' warns Japan

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