Japan Government

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan seeks 10,000 medical staff for Games despite virus surge

In parliament on Tuesday, Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto said the government was still committed to a plan to secure thousands of medical staff for the Games.

Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving PM and a champion of economic reforms, resigns for health reasons

Abe's scheme to revive Japan's long-stalled economy, called 'Abenomics', involved vast government spending, massive monetary easing and the cutting of red tape

Japan executes first foreigner in years, Chinese man convicted of murdering a family in 2003

Japan on Thursday executed a 40-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering a family of four, in the country’s first execution of a foreigner since the disclosure of details on sentences carried out began in 2007, the justice ministry said.

Google and Apple hinder app competition says Japan government advisory panel

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google engage in practices that undermine competition in the smartphone app market, an advisory panel to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry alleged on Thursday.

Japan government, Toyota, Nissan to step up efforts on intelligent maps: Nikkei

Japan's government and auto giants Toyota Motor Corp Nissan Motor Co will join in an effort to develop intelligent maps by 2018, the Nikkei daily said, as competition heats up to improve the technology key for autonomous driving.

Snow storm in Japan kills 11, forecasters say bad weather to continue

Up to 11 people have been reported dead in a winter snow storm gripping much of Japan, as forecasters on Friday warned bad weather would continue.