Sports Published 01 Aug, 2021 11:56am By Amy Tennery and Daniel Leussink
As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on...
Sports Published 17 Jul, 2021 04:10pm By Karolos Grohmann
The International Olympic Committee on Saturday said it was aware of scepticism within Japan...
World Published 08 Jul, 2021 09:51am By Antoni Slodkowski and Eimi Yamamitsu
Olympic organisers are set to ban all spectators from the Games, the Asahi...
Sports Published 05 Jul, 2021 11:29am The Tokyo Olympics are less than three weeks away. And the pressure is on for the International Olympic Committee...
Sports Published 29 Jun, 2021 12:05pm Authorities are likely to move the first eight days of the Tokyo leg of the Olympic torch relay off public roads due...
Sports Published 18 Jun, 2021 10:11am TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's top medical experts warned on Friday that holding the Olympics during the COVID-19 pandemic could increase infections, and said banning all spectators was the least risky option, setting up a possible collision with organisers.
World Updated 11 Jun, 2021 10:59am Tamio Hayashi, 77, doubted he could ever navigate the internet systems set up to register for COVID-19 vaccines...
World Updated 24 May, 2021 11:01am Japan opened mass inoculation centres on Monday as the country races to vaccinate most of its elderly population...
World Published 30 Apr, 2021 10:57am Japan is prepared to provide 300 respirators and 300 oxygen concentrators to India once talks are finalized, Japan's...
World Published 09 Apr, 2021 10:59am TOKYO:Japan aims to place Tokyo under a new, month-long “quasi-emergency” state to combat surging COVID-19 case...
Business Published 08 Apr, 2021 10:25am TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp on Thursday unveiled its new Lexus and Mirai models in Japan, equipped with the company’s...
World Published 06 Apr, 2021 11:38am TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s household spending dropped for a third straight month in February, data showed on...
World Updated 02 Apr, 2021 12:27pm TOKYO:Japan will receive bigger shipments of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccines to immunise the elderly faster, the...
World Published 28 Mar, 2021 07:37am (Reuters) - Japan is set to issue digital health certificates to citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, joining China, the EU and other countries that have adopted similar measures aimed at opening up overseas travel, the Nikkei reported on Saturday.
World Published 17 Mar, 2021 10:49am TOKYO:Japanese messaging app Line, owned by SoftBank Corp’s Z Holdings Corp, allowed Chinese engineers at a...
World Published 09 Mar, 2021 11:10am TOKYO: Japan’s Terumo Corp said on Tuesday it has developed a new syringe that can get seven doses out of each ...
World Published 08 Mar, 2021 11:13am TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign is moving at a glacial pace, hampered by a lack of supply...
Health Published 05 Mar, 2021 11:23am TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese supercomputer simulations showed that wearing two masks gave limited benefit in blocking...
World Published 02 Mar, 2021 12:07pm Officials in China have used anal swabs to test people it considers at high-risk of contracting Covid-19, including...
Business Published 18 Feb, 2021 11:47am (Reuters) - The global semiconductor chip shortage is not likely to significantly affect the financial profiles of...
World Published 07 Jan, 2021 04:00pm Japan declared a limited state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring...
