TOKYO, April 16 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga headed to Washington on Thursday for a summit with U.S.

OSAKA, April 13 Kyodo - Daily coronavirus infections continued to rise in Osaka Prefecture and topped 1,000 for the first time on Tuesday, while the Japanese government plans to add Aichi Prefectur

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - Following an unprecedented one-year postponement, the Tokyo Olympics are set to open on July 23.

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - Japan on Wednesday marked 100 days to go until the Tokyo Olympics despite many questions remaining unanswered over how the games can be held safely amid the coronavirus pand

TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - Japan on Wednesday marked 100 days to go until the Tokyo Olympics despite many questions remaining unanswered over how the games can be held safely amid the coronavirus pand

TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - The Japanese government decided Tuesday to release treated radioactive water accumulating at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, having determin

AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 11 Kyodo - Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday to become the first player from Japan to claim a men's major championship.

TOKYO, April 12 Kyodo - Japan started vaccinating elderly people against the novel coronavirus Monday, the second group to be inoculated following health care workers, as concern over a "fourt

TOKYO, April 9 Kyodo - The Japanese government has decided to release treated radioactive water accumulated at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea despite opposition from fishermen, a

TOKYO, April 8 Kyodo - The Japanese government will place Tokyo under a quasi-state of emergency, allowing local authorities to take stronger measures to combat COVID-19 as worries increase over a