Torchbearers for this summer's Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday ran through an empty park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, after the flame relay in the western prefecture… Read
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 510 new cases of the coronavirus, up 204 from Monday. The number (305 men and 205 women) is… Read
NationalJapan's COVID-19 vaccine minister on Tuesday warned local governments against letting doses go to waste as the country expands its inoculation campaign to the elderly.… Read
NationalThe Japanese government decided Tuesday to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, having determined it… Read
The Olympic rings on a barge are seen in the Odaiba district of Tokyo on Monday. See
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As a kid growing up in Italy, I remember watching the American TV series “Happy Days,” which chronicled the 1950s-era Midwestern adventures of the Fonz,… Read
In Japanese criminal slang, an easy mark is described as kamo-negi, an abbreviation for a phrase that means a duck with an onion in its… Read