Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko on Thursday asked city residents not to visit other Japanese prefectures during the summer holiday season as the coronavirus infection rate has increased recently, the NHK broadcaster reported

Russia categorically rejects Japan's protest in connection with the trip of Russian Emergency Situations Minister Yevgeny Zinichev to Kunashir, one of four Kuril islands claimed by Japan, the Russian Embassy in Tokyo said on Thursday

Japanese Health Minister Kato Katsunobu has warned of the possibility of another nationwide state of emergency in case of a new surge of the coronavirus, the country's NHK broadcaster reported on Tuesday

The Japanese government has begun discussing an initiative, flagged by lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, of making it possible for the country's missile defense to hit targets in the territory of "enemies," media in Japan reported on Tuesday

ALL Cebu Pacific and Cebgo DOMESTIC flights to/from Metro Manila are CANCELLED from August 4 to 18, 2020, in line with the announcement of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) over Metro Manila and adjacent provinces, and continued community quarantine over the rest of the country