The government plans to introduce the legislation to parliament late this month based on the recommendations of a key panel of experts.

A lack of obvious leadership candidates for MPs to coalesce around is seen to be helping the British prime minister.

The capital reported 14,445 new cases on Tuesday, topping the 10,000 mark for the eighth straight day.

Japan has reached a final agreement with the U.S. drugmaker to buy Paxlovid doses for 2 million people by the end of this year.

Japan has already announced it will not send a government delegation to the Games, following a U.S.-led diplomatic boycott over concerns about China's human rights ...

The government is hesitant to declare an emergency because it believes that certain social and economic activities are possible as long as the current precautions ...