Tokyo [Japan], June 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Overseas media personnel will be strictly monitored after entering Japan for the Olympic Games to ensure they have no contact with the public, Tokyo Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto has said.
Taipei [Taiwan], June 9 (ANI): The United States and Japan COVID-19 vaccine support to Taiwan is intended as a countermeasure to China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan News reported citing a political scientist.
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States eased COVID-19-related travel restrictions to Japan ahead of the upcoming Olympics, the State Department said in a notice on Tuesday.
Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for Alzheimer's, the first new medicine against the disease in almost two decades.
Tokyo [Japan], June 6 (ANI): Japanese authorities will conduct a review of a Beijing funded educational organisation known as the Confucius Institutes amid concerns that a group is a propaganda tool of China.
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Five Days after World number two Naomi Osaka pulled out of the French Open citing mental health issues, the Japanese tennis player thanked everyone for the love and support.
Tokyo [Japan], June 6 (ANI): As many as 300 Vietnamese nationals, including trainees and students, on Saturday boarded two 'rescue flights' to their home country.
Tokyo [Japan], June 5 (ANI): Chinese ships have made a record number of 112 incursions into waters around the disputed Senkaku island in East China which is laos claimed by Japan.
Tokyo [Japan], June 5 (ANI): The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low last year, as more couples put off marriage and starting a family amid a global pandemic, said reports.
Paris [France], 5 June (ANI): International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach believes that political boycotts of sporting events are both disrespectful and run against the Games' mission.
Beijing [China], June 5 (ANI): A Chinese human right activist said he has been barred from leaving China to meet his seriously ill daughter, who is admitted in a Japanese hospital.
Beijing [China], June 5 (ANI): Reasserting claims of sovereignty over Senkaku Islands, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Friday said that Diaoyu Island (Senkaku) and its affiliated islands are inherent Chinese territory.