The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640) for the cost of painless delivery, which uses anest･･･ ...

Tokyo and a host of other prefectures posted a sharp surge in new COVID-19 cases on July 12, indicating that the seventh wave of infections is taking hold across the country. Tokyo reported ...

But in 2050, the ratio will exceed 20 percent in 46 prefectures, except for Tokyo. The previous survey five years ago estimated that 43 prefectures would have more than 20 percent of their ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya ...

Although Itooka died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 at the age of 116 at her nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, her death was not confirmed by LongeviQuest until Jan. 4. Itooka had held ...

Tokyo will be the first among Japan's 47 prefectures to offer subsidies for painless delivery. Koike revealed the plan to the media after the governor's review on Jan. 11. She stated, "We will ...