Nintendo has canceled an upcoming video game event and postponed several others because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players.

The government says Japan's economy contracted in the first quarter though at a slower rate than expected.

Masayuki Uemura, a Japanese home computer game pioneer whose Nintendo consoles sold millions of units worldwide, has died, according to the university in Kyoto where he taught.

Japan's Cabinet has approved a record 56 trillion yen, or $490 billion stimulus package, including cash handouts and aid to ailing businesses, to help the economy out of the doldrums worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.

The world’s most beloved video game hero of all-time is coming to movie theaters next year with an all-star cast.

If you spend just a little time in Tokyo, you will realize that it is a huge, beautiful, and extremely efficient city with a lot of layers.

In Japan, the culture is just as vibrant as the Olympic games. KPRC 2′s Rose-Ann Aragon experiences a district in Shibuya, Tokyo called Harajuku.

Japan is set to strengthen anti-virus measures in Tokyo on Friday to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious coronavirus variant just three months before the Olympics begin in the capital where most people are not yet vaccinated.

(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)CANBERRA – Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months. There are 61 active cases left across the state, down from 70 on Saturday. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton urged Victorians to enjoy the Cup but to continue obeying guidance on mask-wearing and social distancing. In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region:— India has reported 46,964 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, in a sign of continued downward trend in infections. The latest asymptomatic cases include 15 in Akto country, which is near Shufu county, where all the previous cases were found.