Japan’s overtime hours take biggest tumble amid virus outbreak
TOKYO -- Overtime hours in Japan fell 7.4% in April, the largest monthly decline since January 2013, when comparable data...
Linda J. Dodson
Coronavirus latest: Australia to provide Pacific nations test kits
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Japan’s Shionogi primed to mass-produce coronavirus vaccine in 2021
TOKYO -- As Shionogi & Co. races to bring a possible coronavirus vaccine to the market next year, the Japanese drug manufacturer is considering plans...
Japanese diplomatic luminary Okamoto dies at 74
TOKYO -- Yukio Okamoto, a diplomatic expert who advised multiple Japanese prime ministers, two in an official capacity, on issues...
Japan’s State Guest House silently awaits return of VIPs
TOKYO -- The grounds of Akasaka Palace stand empty here at a time of year usually full of tourists, as...
Japanese diplomatic luminary Okamoto dead at 74
TOKYO -- Yukio Okamoto, a diplomatic expert who advised two Japanese prime ministers on issues ranging from the return of...
Asia scans the world for best practices to reopen economies
SEOUL/SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON -- Economies from Asia to North America have started lifting restrictions on social and business activity as the coronavirus pandemic...
Parasite-killing drug ivermectin heads into coronavirus trials
TOKYO/OSAKA -- A treatment for parasitic infections a Japanese microbiologist has helped develop is gaining attention as a possible treatment for...
Shuttered economies scan world for best practices to reopen
SEOUL/SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON -- Economies from Asia to North America have started lifting restrictions on social and business activity as the coronavirus pandemic...
Indonesia asks why Chinese fishing ship dumped sailors in sea
JAKARTA -- Indonesia on Thursday demanded an explanation from China over sea burials of Indonesian crew members on Chinese fishing...
