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TOKYO, May 18 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced Monday to give up seeking passage of a controversial bill to raise the retirement age for prosecutors during the current Diet ses

TOKYO, May 18 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced Monday to give up seeking passage of a controversial bill to raise the retirement age for prosecutors during the current Diet ses

TOKYO, May 18 Kyodo - Japan's economy in the January-March period shrank an annualized real 3.4 percent from the previous quarter due to the global coronavirus pandemic, a significant contract

TOKYO, May 18 Kyodo - Japan's economy in the January-March period shrank an annualized real 3.4 percent from the previous quarter due to the global coronavirus pandemic, a significant contract

TOKYO, May 17 Kyodo - The daily number of new coronavirus cases reported in Tokyo on Sunday dropped to five, the lowest since the capital was placed under a state of emergency on April 7, and the s

TOKYO, May 14 Kyodo - Japan's entry ban to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus will be expanded to include Mexico and 12 other countries, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday.

TOKYO, May 14 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday lifted a state of emergency for 39 of the country's 47 prefectures ahead of its planned expiration at the end of the month,

TOKYO, May 14 Kyodo - The Japanese government decided Thursday to lift a national state of emergency for 39 of the country's 47 prefectures where the novel coronavirus is currently not spreadi

TOKYO, May 12 Kyodo - Japan on Tuesday raised its travel alert for 13 countries to its second-highest level, warning against any trips to these areas as new coronavirus infections continue to sprea