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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to announce the decision to downgrade the classification of COVID-19 on Friday. → Read More
Kishida is expected to announce his resolve to roll out significant child care measures next week in a speech to be delivered at the beginning of a new parliamentary session. → Read More
Prosecutors have judged Yamagami fit to stand trial after a psychiatric evaluation process required to establish his criminal responsibility. → Read More
Medical experts are calling for a “gradual” approach as the government eyes a possible downgrade of COVID-19's classification as early as this spring. → Read More
Running 900 km from Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture to the southern coast of Shikoku, the Nankai Trough has been the source of many devastating earthquakes. → Read More
Tetsuya Yamagami is currently in detention and undergoing psychiatric evaluation, but the period for that process is set to expire soon. → Read More
All travelers from China as well as those who have been to China within the previous seven days will be tested for COVID-19 upon their arrival in Japan. → Read More
The capital is moving to break away from a longtime reliance on other regions — and planet-warming fossil fuels — to meet its massive energy demand. → Read More
The widespread use and availability of kanpō in Japan has given some people hope that it may work as a viable treatment for the viral disease. → Read More
A quarter century after Japan hosted the COP3 climate talks where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the country’s record at the national level is a study in contrasts. → Read More
According to a recent survey of over 1,000 people who have diabetes, many feel "uncomfortable" or "troubled" by the disease's current name. → Read More
Though still small in scale, flu outbreaks have started hitting elementary and junior high schools. → Read More
Unlike during past surges of the virus, infections this time around are being driven by areas that didn’t experience a huge spike during the seventh wave. → Read More
After a lull in infections, numbers have rebounded again, with the nationwide daily tally reaching 87,410 on Wednesday. → Read More
The conditions put forward by the panel will also serve as a basis for future cases where similar instances of wrongdoing are suspected by religious groups. → Read More
Authorities significantly stepped up crowd control measures in the wake of a deadly pedestrian crush in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2001. → Read More
While the surge of infections — fueled by the BA.5 subvariant of the omicron variant — has subsided, some important questions remain unanswered. → Read More
Under the J-system, developed in 2007, messages are sent in times of national emergencies such as earthquakes, terrorist attacks and certain missile launches. → Read More
The Nagoya-based company announced the results of its clinical trial, indicating it would no longer seek the drug's approval for COVID-19 treatment. → Read More
According to a new study, there may be a science-based technique to prevent the never-ending sleep routine: walking. → Read More