投稿者: Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies
US says efforts to contain spread ‘may not have been sufficient’ as Japanese health minister argues ‘we’ve been doing our best’Two passengers who were onboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise liner have died after being diagnosed with Covid-19, …
More than 3,000 people to disembark over three days after ship proved a fertile breeding ground for Covid-19Deaths rise over 2,000 in China – latest updatesHundreds of passengers have begun leaving the stricken Diamond Princess in Japan after testing n…
WHO experts prepare to meet in Geneva amid further significant rises in confirmed cases in ChinaCoronavirus – latest updatesThe death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China has reached 563, as health experts prepared to meet in Geneva next week in…
Analysts say appointment of Ri Son-gwon suggests tougher stance on nuclear talks with US North Korea has appointed a former army officer with a reputation as a hardliner as its foreign minister, in a possible sign that it is to adopt a tougher stance i…
Civil court rules in favour of reporter, two years after she alleged a bureau chief date-raped herA Japanese woman whose rape accusations against a prominent TV journalist turned her into a symbol of the country’s fledgling #MeToo movement has been awa…
Pontiff urges disarmament as he tours Japan’s atomic bomb sites and meets survivors of the 1945 attacksPope Francis has condemned the “unspeakable horror” of nuclear weapons during a visit to Nagasaki, one of two Japanese cities destroyed by American a…
Fire spread quickly through 600-year-old site dating back to Ryukyu kingdom in OkinawaA fire has swept through a historic castle on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa , destroying much of a structure that had come to symbolise the ancient Ryukyu k…
One death reported and nearly a million households without power as Japanese capital bears brunt of 216km/h winds A powerful typhoon with record-breaking winds and heavy rain has battered the Tokyo region, sparking evacuation warnings for tens of thous…
Honda down 81% and beer sales fall 97% amid deepening spat over countries’ wartime legacySales of Japanese beer and cars have plummeted in South Korea amid a consumer boycott sparked by a deepening dispute over the countries’ wartime legacy that has hi…
Regime says Pyongyang and Seoul have nothing to talk about while South Korea continues military drills with USNorth Korea has fired at least two unidentified projectiles into the sea off its east coast, shortly after it denounced South Korea’s military…
Footage of rodents running along the top of fridges, down walls and across aisles of FamilyMart shop in Tokyo viewed 5m timesA major convenience store operator in Japan has closed one of its shops and issued an apology after video clips of several rats…