TOKYO, May 8 Kyodo - Japan on Monday downgraded the legal status of COVID-19 to the same category as seasonal influenza and greatly relaxed its related health measures, markin

     TOKYO, May 8 Kyodo - Japan on Monday downgraded the legal status of COVID-19 to the same category as seasonal influenza and greatly relaxed its related health measures, markin

     TOKYO, April 12 Kyodo - Japan's population shrank by 556,000 in 2022 from a year earlier to 124.9 million for the 12th straight year of decrease, as the number of Japanese nat

     TOKYO, April 12 Kyodo - Japan's population shrank by 556,000 in 2022 from a year earlier to 124.9 million for the 12th straight year of decrease, as the number of Japanese nat

      TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo - Japan will end the current border control measures on travelers from overseas on May 8 in line with its decision to categorize COVID-19 as a commo

     TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo - World-renowned Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, know

     KYIV, March 21 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Ukraine's capital of Kyiv on Tuesday ahead of a Group of Seven summit he will host in May

     TOKYO, March 15 Kyodo - Major Japanese corporations including Nissan Motor Co. and Hitachi Ltd.

     MINAMITANE, Japan, March 7 Kyodo - Japan's new flagship H3 rocket lifted off Tuesday for the first time but was ordered to self-destruct minutes later after its second-stage e

     TOKYO/SEOUL, March 6 Kyodo - Japan and South Korea on Monday moved to resolve a wartime labor row that had led bilateral ties to sink to the lowest point in decades, with Seou