In historic visit, Shinzo Abe visits Darwin 75 years after WWII attack on Australian port city
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a historic visit to Darwin on Friday, some 75 years after Japanese planes bombed the northern Australian city, as the two countries cement ties in the face of an emergent China. Trade and closer defense relations are the centerpieces of ...
JAL, ANA to tighten alcohol rules after pilot drinking scandals
Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. tell the government about measures they say will prevent heavy drinking by airline crew members.
Japanese expat overcame 'color bar' to become decorated war hero for Britain in WWI
During the early days of World War I, a young Japanese man who had left his country behind seeking a new life enlisted in the British Army to fight the Germans. In the four ensuing years of war, Harry Fusao O'Hara would be wounded almost ...
Putin says ownership of Japan-claimed islands remains subject to future talks despite 1956 agreement
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the sovereignty of two islands set under a 1956 agreement is still subject to future negotiations.
Poster about sexual harassment draws online criticism
British scholar Ronald Dore, known for his studies about Japan, dies at age 93
11-year-old breaks record as youngest person to pass high level math test
Japan's industries are ready to hire foreign workers, but concerns remain
Dismembered body parts thought to belong to missing Chiba woman; police question son
Farm animals may soon get new features through gene editing, stoking ethics debate
Cows that can withstand hotter temperatures. Cows born without pesky horns. Pigs that never reach puberty. A company wants to alter farm animals by adding and subtracting genetic traits in a lab. It sounds like science fiction, but Recombinetics sees opportunity for its technology in ...
Russia set for first launch of cargo vessel to ISS since October accident
Britain's May fights on as ministers quit over draft Brexit deal
Saudis implicate ex-royal aide, top spy in Jamal Khashoggi killing, plan to execute five
May vows to carry on as Brexit's hard-liners try to topple her
Ikea Japan K.K. said Thursday it will open an outlet in front of Harajuku Station in Tokyo in spring 2020. It will be its first urban outlet in Japan, according to the unit of the Swedish furniture retailer. The 2,500-sq.-meter store will occupy the first and ...
Brexiteers bet U.K. can defy gravity in post-divorce trade
Tokyo stocks extend losses in thin trading, dropping to 21,680
U.S.- China rivalry set to dominate APEC summit in Port Moresby
TPP-11 chief negotiators to meet in Tokyo next week, Japanese minister says
North Korea's Kim inspects testing of newly developed 'tactical' weapon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test of a new "ultramodern tactical weapon," the North's state-run media reported Friday in the first mention of such a test in months. Kim hailed the "great success," which he said "serves as another striking demonstration ...
Bishop who resisted joining Chinese church is reported missing
Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide in landmark ruling
Trump's summit no-show at ASEAN draws Asian nations closer together
Key U.N. committee condemns North Korea's rights violations, urges Pyongyang to end abuses
To what extent will Japan's 2014 downturn repeat with the new tax hike?
The wallets of Japanese residents may get a little lighter next year, as the prices of most goods and services are set to rise under a new consumption tax system starting in October 2019. Under this new system, consumers may have at least some reprieve, ...
Can Tokyo's new Toyosu market live up to the Tsukiji brand?
Japan continues to rely on coal-fired plants despite global criticism
Wild boar carcasses found in Gifu dull prospects for declaring containment of swine fever
Yusaku Maezawa: Japan's corporate enfant terrible with the world's first ticket to the moon
U.S. base relocation top issue in Okinawa gubernatorial election
The man standing between Abe and his ambitions: Who is Shigeru Ishiba?
