Japan

When the monster Godzilla, or “Gojira,” appeared before Japanese movie audiences in 1954, many left the theaters in tears, NBC News reports.

The Japanese city of Nagasaki has marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban

Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing have gathered in diminished numbers to mark its 75th anniversary

The postponed Tokyo Olympics have for a second time reached the one-year-to-go mark.

The head of the Tokyo Olympics says the delayed games could not be held next year if conditions caused by the coronavirus pandemic remain as they are.

Officials on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa say dozens of U.S. Marines have been infected with the coronavirus at two bases on the island in what is feared to be a massive outbreak

Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead are hampering search and rescue operations in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen died and scores are still stranded

Heavy rain in southern Japan has triggered flooding and mudslides, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, about 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued

The postponed Tokyo Olympics face lots of questions

Japanese police have arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he regained enough strength from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation.

Tokyo Olympic organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto has spoken about the need to take “countermeasures” to combat the coronavirus at next year’s postponed games.

The CEO of next year’s Tokyo Olympics says the postponed games might not look like what fans are accustomed to

Tokyo’s government has deployed robots at a hotel housing coronavirus patients in an attempt to minimize risk for health care workers at the facility.

The head of the IOC’s coordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics says he disagrees with suggestions by some scientists and doctors that a vaccine for COVID-19 is needed to hold the games

The medical community in Japan is moving toward a consensus that holding next year’s Tokyo Olympics may hinge on finding a coronavirus vaccine.

When the Japanese government declared an emergency to curb the spread of the coronavirus and asked people to work from home, crowds rushed to electronics stores

A staff member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has tested positive for COVID-19.

Tokyo organizers say they have no “PlanB ” for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again

The chief executive of the Tokyo Games says he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year because the coronavirus continues to spread in Japan

The United States and Britain braced for one of their darkest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deepened. Italy, Spain and France saw signs that they are flattening the pandemic curve, but still reported hundreds of people dying each day.