Japan has recorded more than 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 in January, the highest monthly tally since the start of the pandemic in 2020, the Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday, citing prefectural data

Officials from Japan and the Netherlands are in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss the safety and security of emerging technologies, among other issues, with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday

One of Japan's leading car manufacturers, Nissan Motor, announced on Friday it would recall more than half a million Serena and X-Trail models due to the malfunctions of the "idling stop" feature

The Japanese government will on May 8 place COVID-19 in the same category of the infectious diseases as the seasonal flu, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday

Representatives of South Korea and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday discussed North Korea's nuclear program and comprehensive cooperation of the two sides on the issue, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement circulated by media