Japan is unlikely to develop nuclear weapons to counter the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons capability, a Japanese security specialist said last week in Taipei. Yuki Tatsumi, director of the Japan Program at the Stimson Center, a Washington think tank, said Japan will not go down that road for ...
The rainfall stretch ended in the central Tokyo area on Tuesday after 21 damp days, the second-longest wet streak logged for the month of August. According to the Meteorological Agency, high atmospheric pressure covered eastern Japan Tuesday. Even though the atmosphere became unstable in the ...
A Japanese lawmaker group said Tuesday it will submit a bill to make the opening day of the Tokyo Olympic Games on July 24, 2020, a national holiday, sources said. The cross-party group dealing with sports issues, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister ...
The education ministry has started discussions on providing support for high schools that operate social businesses, aiming to solve problems in regional communities through business methods, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. The ministry plans to offer backups, such as collating successful cases of social businesses undertaken ...
The Defense Ministry plans to seek a record-high budget of ¥5.26 trillion ($48.1 billion) for fiscal 2018 as the country seeks to beef up its missile defense capabilities in the face of growing threats by North Korea, a government source said Tuesday. The ministry plans ...
Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai requested Tuesday that the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics start from the disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki to symbolize the country's recovery. In a meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike in the capital, Murai also called for having ...
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday advocated for the "strict and thorough" implementation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea to further squeeze the reclusive regime, saying "loopholes" undercutting their effect must be eliminated. If U.N. Security Council resolutions "are thoroughly implemented, I believe ...
Two men died and another remains missing after a pusher tug and a barge sank early Tuesday off Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard said. The 100-ton boat and the 1,300-ton barge with six crew members sank at about 3:40 a.m. after sending a ...
Media outlets said former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara had more party support than former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.
The government's decision in late July to nominate a group of 49 ancient burial sites in southern Osaka Prefecture for UNESCO World Heritage status has raised local hopes for a major boost in international prestige and tourism appeal. But the move also raises sometimes politically ...
The operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex began work Tuesday to extend an underground ice wall to prevent contaminated water increasing at the site. The coolant-filled wall is designed to prevent groundwater from seeping into the facilities and coming into contact with ...
Tokyo is becoming increasingly wary of South Korean President Moon Jae-in over his comments on Japan's wartime past, observers and government officials say. The issues include the forced labor of Korean workers and a 2015 bilateral agreement regarding "comfort women," who were forced to work ...
At least three people were killed and two others remain unaccounted for after a fire engulfed an apartment building in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, early Tuesday, police and firefighters said. Ten of the two-story wooden building's 25 residents were injured in the fire that started around ...
