Japanese tweets about the novel coronavirus peaked after the death of comedian Ken Shimura and showed a heightened sense of crisis during the second state of emergency, analyses showed. Using ...

Japan has not engaged in war since World War II, maintaining a pacifist stance under its post-war constitution. However, ...

The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests ...

Tokyo, Feb. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s infrastructure ministry will ... to support the implementation of measures to prevent the collapse of emergency transport roads. The move comes after many ...

TOKYO: Japan will sell 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency stockpiles as households are paying record prices for the grain. The average retail price for 5 kilograms of rice surged 82% to ...

The number of emergency dispatches by the Tokyo Fire Department last year exceeded 930,000, setting a new record for the third consecutive year. According to the Tokyo Fire Department, the number of ...

The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" warning nearly doubled prices over ...