Japan says it has retracted a ban on new bookings on incoming international flights to defend against the new variant of the coronavirus on...

The Fed, as widely expected, announced on Wednesday that it would begin reducing its $120 billion in monthly purchases of Treasuries and mo...

As widely expected, the BOJ maintained its short-term interest rate target at -0.1% and that for 10-year bond yields around 0%.

The Nikkei 225 Index ended down 0.07 per cent at 29,708.98, while the broader Topix fell 0.79 per cent to 1,951.86.

In an interview ahead of the Games' six-month countdown, Muto conceded people are "anxious" as virus cases soar worldwide, including in Jap...

Tokyo would proceed by negotiating with countries on a bilateral basis about the conditions for relaxing entry restrictions, said the minis...

A new report by Moody's looked at 14 countries from the United States and Japan to Italy and Britain and assessed how coronavirus-induced e...

Japan’s economy braced for its worst postwar slump even as first-quarter GDP contracted less than initially thought, as the coronavirus cri...

No restrictions were placed on residents’ movements, and businesses from restaurants to hairdressers stayed open. No high-tech apps that tr...

Japan and the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games until July next year due to the coronavirus pa...

Japan’s initial slow response to the virus, its handling of the Diamond Princess cruise ship -- where about one in five people aboard becam...

Over 60% of Japanese companies said their earnings were being hurt by the coronavirus outbreak, a survey by a private think tank showed on ...

Having prepared for years and invested some $12 billion, Japan is eager to quell fears the Games might be called off, postponed or moved to...

The government of Japan has contacted 813 former passengers of the Diamond Princess. Around 970 were allowed off the boat last week after t...

A total of 138 Indians, including 132 crew and 6 passengers, were among the 3,711 people, on board the Diamond Princess ship when it docked...

Meanwhile, some of the passengers with no infection began leaving the ship on Wednesday after the end of a two-week quarantine period that ...

Some 3,700 passengers and crew were aboard the ship, where the most coronavirus infections outside China have occurred. Those testing posit...