Series of quakes on New Year's day kill 48 in Japan

The toll from the series of earthquakes that jolted Japan on New Year's Day rose to 48 on Tuesday, with several more injured, NHK World reported. IMAGE: Burnt down residential and commercial area......

Tsunami alert as 7.5 magnitude tremor rocks Japan; 32K homes face power cut

After the powerful earthquake and aftershocks on Monday, more than 32,500 homes in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture are without power, CNN reported citing Hokuriku Electric Power. IMAGE: Road cracks......

Canada to make Covid report mandatory for fliers from China

Canada becomes the latest country to join the list of countries who have made the COVID-19 test mandatory for flyers coming from mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau, because of a surge in COVID-19......

Modi pays tribute to Abe Shinzo at state funeral, meets Kishida

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday offered a floral tribute to former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe at his state funeral in Tokyo. Representatives from over 100 countries, including more than......

Now, ATMs that scan your hand to shell out cash

Forgot your ATM card at home? No worries, this Japanese machine will scan your hand and give cash.A regional bank in Japan today started operating ATMs for cash withdrawals, deposits and balance......

Japan forward Masato Kudo dies post brain surgery

  IMAGE: Tegevajaro Miyazaki's Masato Kudo was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the ventricles in the brain. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Former Japan international......

Serbian athlete tests positive on arrival in Japan for Olympics

The report comes after two members of the Ugandan Olympic delegation tested positive for the coronavirus last month upon arrival in Japan. One tested positive at Narita airport near Tokyo, but the......

Half of Japan thinks Olympics will go ahead, poll shows

'What will these Olympics be for and for whom? The Games have already lost meaning and are being held just for the sake of them.' IMAGE: The Olympics have already been postponed by a year amid......

Japan 'cornered' into holding Games, says local Olympian

'I believe we have already missed the opportunity to cancel ... We have been cornered into a situation where we cannot even stop now. We are damned if we do, and damned if we do not.'   IMAGE:......

Tokyo Olympics: Adviser frets about Games; volunteers quit

Addressing a parliamentary committee, medical adviser Shigeru Omi said organisers should explain to the public why they are going ahead in the middle of a pandemic.   IMAGE: Doctors have said......