Approval rate for Abe's Cabinet at 39%, lowest in 2 yrs: Kyodo poll

TOKYO, May 31 Kyodo - The government has no immediate plan to place Tokyo and Fukuoka Prefecture under a state of emergency again despite the areas seeing an increase in the number of coronavirus i

TOKYO, May 26 Kyodo - Japan has given up on its target of approving Fujifilm Holdings Corp.'s anti-influenza drug Avigan this month as a treatment for coronavirus patients after an interim cli

TOKYO, May 25 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Monday that the state of emergency declared over the novel coronavirus crisis is over in Japan, ending curbs on economic activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, May 25 Kyodo - Japan is expanding its entry ban to India and 10 other nations as part of efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday.

TOKYO, May 21 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday lifted the state of emergency in the western Japanese prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo, as the spread of the novel coronavirus has s

　TOKYO, May 21 Kyodo - Japan's second-highest-ranking prosecutor, believed to be favored by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office, tendered his resignation Thursday after admitting he played

TOKYO, May 19 Kyodo - Sony Corp.

TOKYO, May 20 Kyodo - Avigan, a candidate drug for treating novel coronavirus infections, has not shown apparent efficacy in treating the respiratory disease in clinical trials so far, raising doub

TOKYO, May 20 Kyodo - Avigan, a candidate drug for treating novel coronavirus infections, has not shown apparent efficacy in treating the respiratory disease in clinical trials so far, raising doub