Denny Tamaki speaks during a press conference at the Okinawa Prefectural Government building in the

Denny Tamaki is seen speaking about issues surrounding the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People( DPP), casts a vote to

Denny Tamaki is seen criticizing the U.S. response over potentially toxic water releases, at an

message.... Denny Tamaki will make a" peace declaration" in the ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park

TOKYO( Reuters)-The Japanese government is preparing to declare a quasi-state of emergency in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa due to a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, perhaps as early as this week, the Mainichi daily said on Wednesday.It would be the first such declaration since Sept.... 30, when Japan lifted all states of emergency and quasi-emergency that had been in effect for a good part of 2021. The number of new daily coronavirus cases in Japan rose past 1, 000 on Tues

Many people are seen at Lucky Park in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec.... At" Lucky Park," named after the Japanese name of Pokemon character Chansey, smiling children were seen running around on the opening day.... Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri's father is from the town of Namie, which was struck by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and following incidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station....

Two boxes of" Hatsuhime" peaches that fetched 100, 000 yen at auction each are seen at the public wholesale market in the city of Fukushima on July 1, 2021.... The Hatsuhime peaches, a specialty of Fukushima Prefecture, were harvested in the neighboring cities of Fukushima and Date.... April frost damage in Fukushima Prefecture means the National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations' Fukushima branch anticipates sales 15% below last year or lower....

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 23 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Children pray in front of the" Peace of Fire" at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2020.... They have asked the central government to do more to reduce their burden, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government repeatedly say it is mindful of their feelings, but the changes are slow to come....

Yukio Edano, head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters at the parliament building in Tokyo on Sept.... The Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Suga," is not qualified to run the government," Edano told reporters.... Suga said he will not run in the LDP presidential election, scheduled for Sept....