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Toei closed its Tokyo studio Tuesday after actor Reo Komiya was diagnosed with the coronavirus.

Ken Shimura, a popular comedian in Japan, has died after contracting the coronavirus, becoming the country's first known celebrity victim of the disease. He was 70.

Beloved Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has passed away a week after contracting the coronavirus. He was 70.

By Tom Grater

J-pop artist Haru Nemuri's new song "Seventh Heaven" will be featured as the theme of an upcoming Japanese movie called Colorless (Japanese title: Sarugakucho de aimasho).

J-pop artist Haru Nemuri's new song "Seventh Heaven" will be featured as the theme of an upcoming Japanese movie called Colorless (Japanese title: Sarugakucho de aimasho).The bittersweet love story, set in modern-day Shibuya, stars Daichi Kaneko as a struggling photographer who falls for an elusive aspiring model, played by Ruka Ishikawa, depicting their intense relationship that gradually begins to unravel after he takes a portrait of her that launches his career.The trailer, edited by director

Veteran Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who was hospitalized for pneumonia on Monday, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, his agency announced Wednesday. His condition is not currently critical.

The upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, will not go on as planned, an International Olympic Committee member has revealed to . Dick Pound said that “on the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided.” It’s believed that the global sporting competition will be pushed back to 2021 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that has affected 195 countries. 

The upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, will not go on as planned, an International Olympic Committee member has revealed to . Dick Pound said that “on the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided.” It’s believed that the global sporting competition will be pushed back to 2021 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that has affected 195 countries. 

Pushing things back. Although the 2020 Olympic Games have not been canceled, the event, originally set to take place in Tokyo, Japan, beginning July 24, has been postponed.

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan today from Greece as doubts continue to grow that the Games can be held on schedule due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

J-pop rapper SKY-HI dropped the new music video for "Don't Worry Baby Be Happy," his latest trilingual single featuring Thai pop star Stamp.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK has devised a range of programming and technological responses to the coronavirus outbreak which has disrupted normal life and forced millions of people to live and work from home.

HBO Max's upcoming crime thriller Tokyo Vice has joined the growing list of major Hollywood productions to hit pause in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The series, helmed by four-time Oscar nominee Michael Mann, had been shooting on location in Tokyo since March 5.

Japanese melodic punk band WANIMA was one of the first major-label J-pop groups directly affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country, when one of the first reported cases was a fan who had attended its early February concert in Fukuoka.