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

TOKYO, April 17 Kyodo - Japan plans to provide a one-off cash handout of 100,000 yen ($930) to all citizens regardless of income level as part of measures to help cushion the fallout from the sprea

TOKYO, April 16 Kyodo - Nissan Motor Co.