Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said earlier that the new defense guidelines should bring about reform “at a speed drastically different from the past.”
Japan's Justice Ministry reveals 174 foreign technical interns died between 2010 and 2017
The deaths included suicides and cases in which the cause of death was not clear.
EU parliament approves Japan trade deal, dubbed world's largest
The agreement will go into effect in February, and has been celebrated as a victory for Europe as a free trade champion.
Hitachi and Switzerland's ABB confirm talks on potential power grid deal
The move would boost Hitachi’s position in the growing power transmission and distribution sector, and help it diversify away from its nuclear plant business.
Five convicted of trafficking Thai women for 'sex slavery' in U.S.
Trump campaign's Russia contacts alarm intelligence experts
As Trump cries 'no collusion' on Russia case, other campaign inquiries close in
Japan to make regional labor markets accessible to new foreign workers
The government plans to take measures to make regional labor markets accessible to foreign blue-collar workers to avoid them concentrating in large cities such as Tokyo when the country starts accepting them under the new visa system next year, the government's top spokesman said ...
High court finds prominent anti-U.S. military base activist guilty
In effort to curb costs, Imperial agency looks to scale down some facilities for Daijosai ceremony
Hokkaido ski resort town of Kutchan to enact Japan's first fixed-rate lodging tax
Sota Fujii, 16, becomes youngest shogi player to reach 100 wins
Sentenced to three years, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen blasts president for 'dirty deeds'
U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, delivered a blistering attack on his ex-boss as he was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for multiple crimes including paying "hush money" to two women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump. "It ...
Strasbourg rampage suspect is a violent criminal on France's terror watchlist
Despite gene-editing flap, Chinese scientists still aiming for supremacy in experimental Crispr tech
Theresa May's victory in party no-confidence ballot is a vote against a no-deal Brexit
Brazilian 'miracle' healer, who appeared on Oprah, faces arrest as 200 women allege sexual abuse
Having survived confidence vote, Theresa May seeks EU compromise to save Brexit deal
Japan's current economic expansion confirmed as second longest since WWII
Japan's current economic expansion has become its second-longest in the postwar era, a government panel concluded Thursday, surpassing the 57-month boom between 1965 and 1970. The panel, which determines the length of periods of economic strength retrospectively, endorsed the view among government officials and economists ...
Beijing to revise 'Made in China 2025' tech plan, WSJ reports
Nissan to recall nearly 150,000 vehicles in Japan after faulty inspections
U.S. debt under Trump has ballooned by size of Brazil's GDP: Treasury
Toyota recalls 70,000 vehicles in North America to replace Takata air bag inflators
U.S. accuses Chinese intelligence of being behind massive Marriott hack
Following arrest of Huawei executive, another Canadian is believed to have been detained in China
Media-savvy One Championship attracting fighters
Martial arts promotion One Championship is perhaps one of the most rapidly-growing sports properties in the world and hopes one day to become the biggest sports property on the planet past the NFL. In order to achieve the lofty goal, the Singapore-based promotion has its ...
Tochigi flourishing with solid team play
Anthony Davis does heavy lifting for Pelicans in triumph over Thunder
A new law regarding foreign workers brings up old problems
Activists in the field bring up concerns with Japan's new approach to manual laborers from overseas.
Falling for furusato: The epicurean incentives behind a tax strategy that masks economic lunacy
The third-wave coffee boom has resulted in a new wave of java-related Japanese vocabulary
Coffee talk is more than just cream and sugar when it comes to cafes that specialize in third-wave coffee.
Watch what you say when offering your boss a coffee
In 2018, art came via many anniversaries in Japan
This year saw a lot of anniversaries in Japan. It was 1868 when Crown Prince Mutsuhito became the Emperor Meiji, the official policy of national isolation ended and the country was set on a course to become a modern industrialized nation-state. This birthday seems ...
Mitsuki Kimura and her film award without the film
Animator Hayao Miyazaki's 'Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind' to be adapted into kabuki production
Shared spaces, locally produced goods and everyday objects
2018 was the year in Japan that saw the stage sing, while contemporary drama barely made a squeak
We should celebrate 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but gird for still more fights to realize its objectives.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has gained time, but she still has no good options. Parliament is not going to pass the deal on the table; the EU is not going to reopen it.
Ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's case will put Japan's criminal trial process on the global stage.
It is time for us to reflect on our routine activities and why we do what we have been habitually doing.
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