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Japan will further shorten the quarantine period to seven days from the current 10 for people who have been in close contact with someone infected with the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday. The new policy was announced as the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus continues to spread rapidly, making it…
A knife-wielding man in fancy dress started a fire on a Keio Line train in Tokyo on Sunday night, leaving 17 people injured, one seriously, authorities said, as revelers were heading to the city center for Halloween. Police arrested the 24-year-old man, who identified himself as Kyota Hattori, at the scene on suspicion of attempted…
In this April 25, 2021 file photo, a voter casts a ballot in a House of Representatives by-election in Sapporo, Hokkaido. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) TOKYO — Turnout for Japan’s Oct. 31 House of Representatives election is estimated at 55.33% in single-seat constituencies, according to a Mainichi Shimbun survey as of 8 p.m. that day. The figure…
Fumio Kishida was re-elected as Japan’s prime minister on Wednesday after his governing party scored a major victory in key Diet elections. Kishida called a quick election in which his governing party secured 261 seats in the 465-member lower house — the more powerful of Japan’s two-chamber legislature — enough to maintain a free hand…
Business sentiment among workers with jobs sensitive to economic trends in Japan jumped in October to its highest level since January 2014 as the government lifted the state of emergency over the coronavirus and eateries and retailers began recovering from the pandemic fallout, official data showed Tuesday. The diffusion index of confidence measuring the current…
The Japanese government said Friday it will allow short-term business travelers, foreign students, and other visa holders to enter the country, but tourists are still barred under pandemic border restrictions. From Monday, business visitors fully inoculated with an authorized vaccine will need to quarantine for only three days, down from a minimum of 10 days,…
Japan’s government and ruling parties are considering providing 100,000 yen each for children aged 18 or younger in an attempt to ease the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, sources close to the matter said Friday. If all goes smoothly, the cash handout program will be included in a fresh economic stimulus worth “tens of trillions…
A knife-wielding man in fancy dress started a fire on a Keio Line train in Tokyo on Sunday night, leaving 17 people injured, one seriously, authorities said, as revelers were heading to the city center for Halloween. Police arrested the 24-year-old man, who identified himself as Kyota Hattori, at the scene on suspicion of attempted…
In this April 25, 2021 file photo, a voter casts a ballot in a House of Representatives by-election in Sapporo, Hokkaido. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) TOKYO — Turnout for Japan‘s Oct. 31 House of Representatives election is estimated at 55.33% in single-seat constituencies, according to a Mainichi Shimbun survey as of 8 p.m. that day. The figure…
A Japanese health ministry panel on Thursday approved making third COVID-19 vaccine booster shots available to all people who have gone at least eight months since receiving their second dose, with the rollout for those other than high-risk groups expected to begin in the new year. The decision comes as overseas studies show antibodies that…
