Japan

‘Making of Harry Potter’ park to open in Tokyo in 2023

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Muggles in Japan can discover how the Harry Potter films were made at a new amusement…

Japan PM’s hospital trip sparks health speculation

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose first term in office ended in part for health reasons,…

Japan economy shrinks record 7.8% in April-June

  by Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's economy shrank a record 7.8 percent in the…

The Japan firms behind Mauritius oil-leak ship

by Shingo ITO Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Japanese firm that operates a ship leaking fuel off the…

Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing

by Philip FONG HIROSHIMA, Japan (AFP) -- Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack,…

Unspeakable horror’: the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan this week marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic…

Japan’s Okinawa declares state of emergency as virus cases soar

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Okinawa region has declared a state of emergency and asked people to stay home for…

Japan secures 120 million doses of potential corona-vaccine: pharma group

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Japan has signed a deal to secure 120 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine, German…

Japan to lift virus ban on re-entry of foreign residents

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan will from next week lift a ban on the re-entry of some foreign residents, imposed…

Japan court recognizes more Hiroshima bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Hiroshima court issued a rare ruling Wednesday expanding the designation of atomic bomb survivors to…

Tokyo on top virus alert level after new cases

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo is on its highest coronavirus alert level after a spike in new cases, the city's…

US bases on Okinawa locked down over virus spike

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Two US Marine bases in Japan's Okinawa have been put into lockdown after dozens of…

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