TOKYO, March 22 Kyodo - Japan ended the COVID-19 state of emergency midnight Sunday in the Tokyo metropolitan region, the last remaining area of the country that had been under the measure since ea

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - The organizing bodies of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics formally decided Saturday that this summer's games will be staged without overseas spectators due to the cor

TOKYO, March 18 Kyodo - The Japanese government formally decided Thursday to end the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Tokyo region on Sunday as planned, having deemed another extension unnecessar

TOKYO, March 18 Kyodo - The organizing committee of this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has accepted its creative director's offer to resign, Seiko Hashimoto, head of the body, s

TOKYO, March 18 Kyodo - The organizing committee of this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has accepted its creative director's offer to resign, Seiko Hashimoto, head of the body, s

SAPPORO, March 17 Kyodo - A Japanese court ruled for the first time Wednesday that the government's failure to recognize same-sex marriage is unconstitutional as it violates the right to equal

TOKYO, March 16 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga received his first dose of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine at a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday, getting the shot in front of cameras to reassure

TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is arranging to depart on April 8 for a three-day trip to Washington and expected to become the first foreign leader to meet in person

ISHINOMAKI, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - Tears, prayers and a resolve to pass on lessons learned swept Japan Thursday as the country marked 10 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated its

TOKYO, March 10 Kyodo - People in Japan who received Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine seem to have suffered anaphylaxis at a higher rate than in the United States and Europe, the minister in cha