カテゴリー: Japan
28-year-old reported missing after failing to show for work at Tokyo school where she was last seen on 1 JulyPolice in Japan are searching for a British woman who has not been seen for almost a week, with her family describing her disappearance as “com…
Number rose after officials in Atami checked residential registers rather than relying on reports of missing people following mudslideOfficials in Japan have dramatically raised their estimate of the number of people still missing after a mudslide ripp…
Twenty people are still missing and two are dead after houses were obliterated in the mudslideMore than 1,000 rescuers have arrived at a Japanese town hit by a deadly landslide on Saturday that killed two people.The rescuers climbed onto cracked roofs …
Semiconductor problem hits wider industry, with growth in China at four-month low and 6% drop in JapanThe ongoing global shortage in the supply of semiconductors is affecting manufacturing in China and Japan, according to data, with car production amon…
China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam plan to build more than 600 coal power unitsFive Asian countries are jeopardising global climate ambitions by investing in 80% of the world’s planned new coal plants, according to a report.Carbon Tracker, a fi…
Beijing lodges diplomatic protest with Japan after defence minister calls island a ‘democratic country’China and Japan are once again embroiled in a diplomatic row over Taiwan, in the latest example of Beijing’s extreme sensitivity over the status of t…
Naruhito said to be ‘extremely worried’ and shares widespread public unease over the GamesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan’s emperor has voiced concern over the possible spread of coronavirus during the Tokyo 2020 Olymp…
Games officials faced accusations the event was getting preferential treatment while other Tokyo businesses still faced alcohol restrictionsSee all our coronavirus coverageThe organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have been forced to abandon plans to allow …
Animal ‘exterminated’ after it bounded through the city, injuring four peopleHunters have shot and killed a brown bear in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo after it rampaged through the city, injuring four people, including a soldier.Authorities in…
A wild bear has run through the of streets the Japanese city of Sapporo and made it past the gates of a Japanese defence base next to Okadama airport. According to Japanese broadcaster NHK, the bear reached the grounds of the airport by jumping the fen…
Relaxed measures in capital and several other regions will focus on early closure of bars and restaurantsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan is to ease coronavirus emergency measures in Tokyo from Sunday, just over a month…
Meeting of leaders at G7 reportedly cancelled over Seoul’s decision to stage exercises around Dokdo islands, which are also claimed by TokyoSouth Korea has begun annual military drills near a pair of remote islands that are also claimed by Japan, as th…
Member of Japanese Olympic Committee criticises IOC and says Games will leave a ‘bitter taste’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA senior Japanese Olympic official has criticised the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for ig…
UK currently has the strictest entry requirements of any host country; Russian president spoke as Serbia starts to produce vaccineVisitors to France from countries including US and UK won’t have to quarantineMany Britons plan to press ahead with foreig…