TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to get boosted once they receive their vaccination voucher, as Japan battles the sixth wave of the pandemic, driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant.

TOKYO – After placing 16 prefectures under COVID-19 pre-emergency measures, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to expand the declaration to 18 more areas in an effort to stop the rapid spread of infections driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

TOKYO – Around 5,500 foreign travelers from the Philippines have touched down in Japan in 2021.

TOKYO – The Japanese government’s pre-emergency restrictions placed for Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and nine other prefectures went into effect on Friday, bringing the number of areas under the measures to 16.