 | Thousands of Japanese companies give vaccines to workers, boosting country's rolloutYuka Daimaru, among the Suntory workers getting the shot on a sprawling office floor, was visibly relieved after spending more than a year worrying about the coronavirus. |
 | Japan imposes stricter regulations on India's Olympic-bound, IOA says it's 'unfair and discriminatory'On arrival, athletes and officials will not be allowed to interact with anyone else apart from their on delegation for three days. |
 | Japan announces easing of virus emergency ahead of OlympicsHolding the Olympics before elections in the fall is also a political gamble for Suga, whose support ratings have tumbled over dissatisfaction with his handling of the pandemic. |
 | Japan considering Myanmar goalie's asylum requestPyae Lyan Aung, a substitute goalkeeper, who was scheduled to fly home from Kansai International Airport has expressed wish to seek refuge in Japan. |
 | COVID-19: Japan to issue vaccine passports to citizens for travelling abroadThe certificate will be paper-based rather than digital and will be issued by local governments from sometime next month, a government spokesperson said. |
 | Japan set to ease COVID-19 emergency ahead of OlympicsJapan has been struggling since late March to slow a wave of infections propelled by more contagious variants, with new daily cases soaring above 7,000 at one point. |
 | Australia, Japan perfect in FIFA World Cup qualifying stage; China winsAustralia and Japan had already secured their places but were the only two teams to do so by winning all eight games in the second round. |
 | Japanese airline All Nippon Airway starts crew Covid vaccination driveJapan is desperately pushing to accelerate the pace of inoculations before the Tokyo Olympics start in about 40 days. |
 | Toshiba sought Japanese government's help to influence shareholder vote, reveals probeThe troubled industrial conglomerate "devised a plan to effectively prevent shareholders from exercising their shareholder proposal right and voting rights at the AGM" in July 2020, investigators said |
 | Sri Lanka requests Japan to provide 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccineSri Lanka is currently using China's Sinopharm and Rusian Sputnik V vaccines. |
 | Japan, Australia share China concerns, raise defence tiesIn the South China Sea, China's sweeping territorial claims have clashed with those of its neighbours, which accuse Beijing of militarising one of the world's busiest sea lanes. |
 | Seoul court rejects slave labour claim against Japanese firmsRelations between Seoul and Tokyo have been strained since South Korea's Supreme Court in 2018 ordered Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to compensate Korean forced laborers. |
 | Taiwan, feuding with China, gets vaccines from JapanTsai accused China last month of blocking Taiwan from getting the Pfizer vaccine through BioNTech, the German co-developer. |
 | World Cup qualifiers: Yuya Osako scores five goals as Japan rout Myanmar 10-0Japan has the best record of all teams in the second round of Asian qualification, with 37 goals and none conceded in its six wins in Group F. |
 | Coronavirus impact: We might witness an Olympics sans spectators in Tokyo!Cancellation pressure grows daily on Tokyo and the IOC as more questions arise about the risks of bringing 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes from more than 200 countries into Japan. |
