TOKYO, April 23 Kyodo - Japan's economy has been worsening rapidly in April due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the government said Thursday, using the most pessimistic expression in more

TOKYO, April 22 Kyodo - Japan is facing its "most critical time" if the state of emergency imposed over the coronavirus epidemic is to be lifted as soon as possible, Prime Minister Shinzo

NAGASAKI, April 22 Kyodo - An additional 33 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in southwestern Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total to 34, the N

TOKYO, April 21 Kyodo - Japan will extend its suspension of visas held by foreign nationals to the end of May, a government source said Tuesday, having deemed it too early to lift travel restrictio

TOKYO, April 21 Kyodo - Japan's nationwide state of emergency declaration over the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in less traffic, less air pollution and, less predictably, a growing runnin

TOKYO, April 21 Kyodo - Japan's nationwide state of emergency declaration over the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in less traffic, less air pollution and, less predictably, a growing runnin

TOKYO, April 20 Kyodo - Japan on Monday reported another 25 deaths caused by the novel coronavirus, its highest tally for a single day, with the number of infections still rising almost two weeks a

TOKYO, April 20 Kyodo - Japan's Cabinet on Monday approved a reworked fiscal 2020 supplementary budget to finance universal cash handouts, expanding the size of a record economic package plan

TOKYO, April 20 Kyodo - Japan's exports in March sustained the largest monthly hit in more than three and a half years, as novel coronavirus weighed on overseas demand, government data showed

TOKYO, April 17 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded on Thursday the state of emergency beyond Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures to the entire nation in an attempt to prevent t