Tokyo is apprehensive over Seoul’s proposal to hold military talks with Pyongyang, which comes despite international efforts to pressure North Korea over its nuclear arms development.
The Akatsuki Five will be looking for a three-peat at the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup, but this time it will have to do it without star forward Ramu Tokashiki. The Japan Basketball Association announced its 12-player roster for the tournament later this month in Bangalore, ...
Robert Lighthizer, Trump’s nominee for U.S. trade representative, indicated the United States will push Japan to further open its agriculture sector in planned bilateral negotiations.
During his U.S. visit this week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to play golf with President Donald Trump, a match-up he hopes will build closer personal ties.
The United States said on Thursday North Korea had demonstrated a "qualitative" improvement in its nuclear and missile capabilities after an unprecedented level of tests last year, showing the needed to sustain pressure on Pyongyang to bring it back to disarmament negotiations. U.S. Deputy Secretary ...
A key member of Trump’s transition team, the appointment would place weight on U.S. ties with Tokyo.
China's sole aircraft carrier conducted drills in the South China Sea, the navy said, days after neighboring Taiwan said the carrier and accompanying ships had passed 90 nautical miles south of the island amid renewed tension between the two sides. The Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier ...
The government will earmark ¥54 billion in the fiscal 2017 budget to increase monthly pay for nursery teachers and improve their working conditions, officials said. The amount was set during negotiations on budget requests between Finance Minister Taro Aso and labor minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki. The ministers ...
Siberian energy deals are set to warm Japan-Russia ties while the peace treaty is put on ice.
The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Tuesday to work closely on fully implementing the latest sanctions imposed on Pyongyang by the U.N. Security Council along with unilateral measures taken by the three allies. The agreement came at talks ...
President-elect Donald Trump sounds ready to use U.S. policy toward Taiwan as a bargaining chip to extract concessions from China, but both of the world powers could play at that game. China's rising economic and military clout means its communist leadership has leverage over Washington ...
Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Japan and war veterans gave mixed reactions to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's announcement Monday that he will visit Pearl Harbor, which Japan attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, bringing the United States into WWII. "More than 70 years have ...
