Japan news

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major decline in the number of new marriages in Japan, with there expected to be some 150,000 fewer newly wedded couples than expected in the three years to the end of 2022, a…

Sunflowers are in full bloom in a field near Kyiv on Aug. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Nagasaki to urge nuclear abolition as city…

Costume role players perform during the World Cosplay Championship at Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 6, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by…

The Japanese government plans to roll out a new type of COVID-19 vaccine considered effective for the Omicron variant as early as October, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The so-called bivalent vaccine…

Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.   Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito, Crown Princess Kiko and their son Prince Hisahito attend the opening ceremony of the national…

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday pledged to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Japan will support efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to improve the situation in…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2022. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he will make prospective Cabinet ministers review and…