TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo - Japan's daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 180,000 on Thursday, setting a record for the second straight day, according to a Kyodo News tally, as all-time-high numbers were r

TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo - Japan's daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 180,000 on Thursday, setting a record for the second straight day, according to a Kyodo News tally, as all-time-high numbers were r

TOKYO, July 20 Kyodo - Japan's daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday topped 150,000, setting a new record high, according to a Kyodo News tally, as the country grapples with its seventh wave of co

TOKYO, July 19 Kyodo - Japanese figure skating icon Yuzuru Hanyu announced he is retiring from competition Tuesday but will continue his bid to land the elusive quadruple axel as a professional exh

TOKYO, July 15 Kyodo - Japan will hold a state funeral this fall for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was fatally shot last week on the campaign trail, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursd

TOKYO, July 14 Kyodo - Japan's cumulative COVID-19 infections topped 10 million cases Thursday, with the country logging over 90,000 new cases for the second straight day, but the government h

TOKYO, July 13 Kyodo - Japan's new COVID-19 cases topped 90,000 for the first time since Feb.

TOKYO, July 13 Kyodo - A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.

TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - Japan recorded more than 76,000 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, more than double from a week earlier and topping the 70,000 mark for the first time since March 3 amid signs

TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - The funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead while delivering a stump speech last week, was held Tuesday at a Buddhist temple in the heart of Tokyo, wit