TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo - Restaurants and Japanese-style "izakaya" pubs in Tokyo will be requested to shut by 8 p.m.

TOKYO, April 9 Kyodo - The Bank of Japan downgraded on Thursday its assessments of all of the country's nine regional economies for the first time in over 11 years, as the coronavirus outbreak

TOKYO, April 9 Kyodo - Tokyo Disney Resort and Universal Studios Japan will again extend their closure and reopen later than mid-May to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in line with the gover

TOKYO, April 9 Kyodo - Drive-through services in Japan, once limited mainly to take-out meals, have begun to include tests for the new coronavirus and face-mask distribution as the country battles

TOKYO, April 9 Kyodo - Drive-through services in Japan, once limited mainly to take-out meals, have begun to include tests for the new coronavirus and face-mask distribution as the country battles

TOKYO, April 8 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared on Tuesday a state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus after an alarming gro

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 83 new coronavirus cases following two days of three-digit increases, as it continues to grapple with a recent spike in

TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak in Japan, a government official said Monday, as a recent surge in infections s

TOKYO, April 5 Kyodo - Japan will earmark 1 trillion yen ($9.2 billion) for a reserve fund to fight the new coronavirus pandemic, according to a draft of an emergency economic package being compile

TOKYO, April 5 Kyodo - Tokyo confirmed 143 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, marking the highest rate of increase on record, metropolitan government officials said.