Tokyo — As Tokyo and the surrounding area chart frightening new levels of COVID-19 infection, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has declared a state of emergency in the region for the second time ...

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga issued the declaration at the government task force for the coronavirus. It lasts from Friday until Feb. 7, and centers around asking restaurants and bars to close at 8 p ...

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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday that he would not run in the ruling center-right party's leadership election this month, indicating he would step down after just a year as ...

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Tokyo is seeing a record-breaking rise in covid-19 cases as thousands of athletes and coaches fly in from around the world for the postponed 2020 Olympic games. But Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ...

In contrast to the lockdowns imposed in many countries around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese authorities issued health advisories and counted on citizens to follow them ...

The government announced on Feb. 20 that it will introduce a digital system to speed up emergency patient transfers by ...

Japan has declared a limited state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures to stem the spread of coronavirus, resisting calls from some medics for wider restrictions due ...