Tokyo will be the first among Japan's 47 prefectures to offer subsidies for painless delivery. Koike revealed the plan to the media after the governor's review on Jan. 11. She stated, "We will ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya ...

But in 2050, the ratio will exceed 20 percent in 46 prefectures, except for Tokyo. The previous survey five years ago estimated that 43 prefectures would have more than 20 percent of their ...

Tokyo and a host of other prefectures posted a sharp surge in new COVID-19 cases on July 12, indicating that the seventh wave of infections is taking hold across the country. Tokyo reported ...