Japan will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency currently in effect in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures until the end of the month, the min...
Friday, May 7, 2021 9:55 AM
North Korea would not be participating in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics due to concerns over Covid-19.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 4:36 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he would probably invite U.S. President Joe Biden to the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo this...
Friday, March 26, 2021 11:59 AM
The Olympic torch relay set off from Fukushima on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the summer Games in Tokyo, delayed from 2020 and the f...
Thursday, March 25, 2021 10:45 AM
Nissan Motor Co Ltd will adjust production in Fukuoka prefecture this week due to disruptions in parts supplies after an earthquake hit northeastern J...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 5:10 PM
Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organising committee head Yoshiro Mori announced his resignation on Friday over his remarks about women talking too muc...
Friday, February 12, 2021 1:18 PM
Japan’s No. 3 automaker Nissan Motor Co on Tuesday trimmed its loss forecast for the current financial year by more than a third as the automaker bene...
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 4:22 PM
Japan stood firm on Friday on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and denied reports of a possible cancellation but the pledge looks u...
Friday, January 22, 2021 6:22 PM
While staying close to nature can lead to many health benefits, a recent study has highlighted another advantage of the same.
Monday, November 23, 2020 7:45 PM
A special Air India flight, under the Vande Bharat Mission, carrying 232 stranded Indians including two Japanese nationals and three infants has taken...
Thursday, August 27, 2020 5:48 PM
Indian Women's Hockey team's Namita Toppo said their target of winning an Olympic medal has not changed despite the postponement of the games.
Thursday, April 23, 2020 4:12 PM
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone t...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 6:40 PM
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Thursday insisted that there has been no change to plans to hold the upcoming 2020 Olympics from July 24.
Thursday, March 12, 2020 2:07 PM
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games on Monday revealed the official motto, "United by Emotion" for the upcoming 2020 Ol...
Monday, February 17, 2020 3:03 PM
India's top players, including P V Sindhu, may not be going through the best of times, but national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand is still hopeful...
Friday, January 3, 2020 3:36 PM
The organising committee on Tuesday announced that Japan's women soccer team will begin the domestic leg of the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 5:05 PM
A fire tore through Japan’s World Heritage-listed Shuri Castle on Thursday, reducing the main hall of the more than 500-year-old landmark to a skeleto...
Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:12 PM
The death toll in floods caused by heavy rainfall in Japan has risen to 12, while one more person is still missing, national media reported on Wednesd...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:00 AM
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