People need, want and deserve a proper accounting of the successes and failures of the handling of the pandemic ...

Health authorities reported a record number of COVID-19 infections nationwide on Aug. 7, an ominous start to the Bon holiday season that kicked off the same day. Millions of Japanese traditionally ...

The number of COVID-19 cases in Japan has risen again to record levels largely because of the spread of infections during the Bon holiday period in mid-August, experts said. An expert panel ...