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Japan launches human trial of new Ebola vaccine

09:51 | 07/12/2019

Japanese scientists will begin the country's first human trial for a new vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus this month, they said Friday (Dec 6).

Japan unveils US$120 billion stimulus package

14:47 | 05/12/2019

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled US$120 billion in stimulus measures on Thursday (Dec 5), to help the world's third largest economy overcome the aftermath ...

Japan anti-high heels campaigner steps up to fight 'glasses ban'

09:03 | 04/12/2019

A Japanese woman whose campaign against mandatory high heels in the workplace won broad public support has stepped up her fight against strict corporate dress ...

Ageing Japan bomb survivors back pope's anti-nukes call

20:32 | 24/11/2019

Kenji Hayashida thought about committing suicide in the years after an atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of Nagasaki.

2,887 days: Abe becomes Japan's longest-serving prime minister

09:35 | 21/11/2019

Shinzo Abe entered the history books as Japan's longest-serving prime minister on Wednesday (Nov 20), but many of his ambitious goals, including a constitutional revision ...

Japan seizes record 400kg of cocaine at port

11:31 | 08/11/2019

Japanese authorities have seized a record-breaking 400kg of cocaine worth an estimated US$73 million in a bust at a port in the city of Kobe, ...

Dozens of endangered turtles disappear from Japan zoo

09:42 | 08/11/2019

More than 60 endangered turtles have disappeared from a zoo in Japan's southernmost province in a suspected theft, officials said Thursday (Nov 7).

Japan retailers to charge for plastic bags from 2020

09:07 | 02/11/2019

Japanese retailers including supermarkets and convenience stores will be required to charge for plastic bags from next summer ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, a government ...

Japan beer exports to South Korea down 99.9% over boycott

09:51 | 31/10/2019

Exports of beer from Japan to South Korea fell 99.9 percent year-on-year in September, Japan's finance ministry said Wednesday (Oct 30), as a boycott spurred ...