TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologised on Wednesday for a controversial request to liquor wholesalers, Xinhua reported, quoting local media report on Wednesday.
Liquor wholesalers had been ordered to stop selling alcohol to pubs that that defy anti-coronavirus measures...
TOKYO: Solar power will overtake nuclear power as the cheapest source of energy for Japan in 2030 due to the latter's ballooning safety measure costs following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, a government estimate showed for the first time...
ANKARA: Japan said it will issue vaccine passports free of charge to facilitate international travel of its vaccinated citizens, reported Anadolu.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said that the documentary proof of immunisation against coronavirus will be issued from July...
KUALA LUMPUR: National women’s singles shuttler, Soniia Cheah will fight till the end in her Olympics debut in Tokyo, Japan, which will be held from July 23-Aug 8.
The unseeded player said she is relishing her chance in the world’s...
KUALA LUMPUR: With just 99 more days to go until the Tokyo Paralympic Games, it seems like the para-athletes cannot wait to release the scream stuck in their throats when they compete in Japan, in August.
In a special video...
TOKYO: Japan's government is expected to widen a virus state of emergency Friday, just 10 weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, as campaigners submitted a petition with more than 350,000 signatures urging the Games be scrapped.
With Tokyo and other areas...
KUCHING: State Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah congratulated national diving queen Pandelela Rinong for winning the 10m individual platform gold at the 2021 FINA World Cup diving tournament in Japan on Wednesday.
He said Pandelela's achievement...
TOKYO: The ceremony to kick off the Olympic torch relay will have no spectators to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, reported Jiji Press, quoting the organising committee for the Tokyo Games on Monday.
Only people involved will take...
TOKYO: Japan said Tuesday it will strengthen border controls to keep new coronavirus variants at bay by requiring its citizens and resident foreigners returning from 13 other countries including Austria and Italy to go through additional quarantine measures, reported...
TOKYO: Japan has asked China to avoid using anal swabs to test its citizens for coronavirus, saying the method prompted complaints of "psychological distress".
Tokyo's intervention comes after reports that US diplomatic personnel in China had complained of being subjected...
