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Japan's ruling party opens leadership race to choose Ishiba's successorJapan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is in search of a new leader to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, aiming to res...
Error-prone AI chatbot dog leads Japan's elderly astrayA cartoon canine AI chatbot designed to cheer up and inform lonely older residents of western Japan is in the doghouse after providing erro...
Japan to extend emergency virus measures as Olympics approachThe emergency measures, which are less strict than blanket lockdowns elsewhere, had been due to end on May 11 but are now expected to conti...
Japan's Osaka region cancels Olympic torch run, declares COVID-19 medical emergencyHealth authorities fear a virus variant is unleashing a fourth wave of infections just 107 days before the Tokyo Olympics begins, with a va...
Japan announces emergency response in Osaka area to curb COVID-19 casesOsaka governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said Olympic torch events in the prefecture's main city should be cancelled, a day after he raised alarm ...