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Japan urges Myanmar military to free Suu Kyi, restore democracy

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan called Monday for Myanmar's military to release Aung San Suu Kyi and restore democracy, saying…

Japan PM vows to tackle virus as public support plunges

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged Monday to tackle surging coronavirus cases and restore normal life…

Japan to expand virus emergency to seven more regions

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan is set to expand a coronavirus state of emergency on Wednesday to seven more regions…

Japan says working to isolate, analyse new virus variant

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan is working to isolate and analyze a new variant of the coronavirus detected in four…

South Korean court orders Japan to compensate former sex slaves

  by Kang Jin-kyu Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A South Korean court on Friday ordered the…

Japan to declare virus state of emergency in Tokyo region

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government will declare a coronavirus state of emergency in the greater Tokyo area on Thursday,…

Japan PM weighing coronavirus emergency for Tokyo area

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday he was considering declaring a state of emergency…

Japan PM says weighing coronavirus emergency for Tokyo area

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday he was considering declaring a state of emergency in…

Tokyo tops 1,300 daily virus cases; warns of possible new emergency

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo reported over 1,300 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, a daily record, as officials warned…

Japan business confidence improves again after virus plunge

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has recovered further after plunging on pandemic woes to its worst…

Japan space agency hails return of asteroid dust on Earth

by Kyoko HASEGAWA / Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan space agency officials on Sunday hailed the arrival of…

Japan residents to get free Covid-19 vaccine

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan will give free coronavirus vaccines to all of its residents under a bill passed Wednesday,…

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