Ahead of Upper House vote, Komeito and Abe remain apart on revision of pacifist Constitution
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe touts constitutional revision as the focal point of Sunday's Upper House election in stump speeches for Liberal Democratic Party candidates, that topic is conspicuously absent from campaign speeches by the LDP's junior coalition partner, Komeito. Instead, Komeito candidates are mostly ...
The nation's economy is less likely to suffer a painful whiplash from a sales tax increase scheduled for October, early sales figures for autos and apartments suggest. Demand for cars and houses hasn't picked up noticeably in the run-up to the 2 percentage point tax ...
Japan to increase number of takeoff and landing slots at Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport
Japan will increase the number of takeoff and landing slots at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido by 20 percent in spring 2020, transport minister Keiichi Ishii said Tuesday. The number of slots per hour will be expanded to 50 from the current 42, Ishii told ...
Japan weighs possible SDF dispatch to Strait of Hormuz as U.S. seeks coalition
Officials from major political parties debate whether Self-Defense Forces personnel should take part in a U.S.-proposed coalition to safeguard strategic waters near the Strait of Hormuz.
Fukushima Upper House candidates face cynical voters despite anti-nuclear platforms
Two rival female candidates from Fukushima Prefecture running in the upcoming House of Councilors election are campaigning to eliminate nuclear power from the prefecture.
Vice minister-level officials from Japan and the United States have agreed to make efforts to hold trade negotiations, chiefly on agricultural products and automobiles, later this month in Washington. The officials agreed Friday that the next round of working-level talks should be arranged for July ...
Abe avoids sticky Iran, territorial issues in campaign speeches for Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears to be avoiding discussing Iran and Japan’s territorial dispute with Russia in his campaign speeches for the July 21 House of Councilors election.
61% of South Koreans blame Japanese government for diplomatic row
A total of 61 percent of South Koreans blame the Japanese government alone for the recent diplomatic friction between Seoul and Tokyo, an opinion poll in South Korea has shown. In the survey released Friday by research company Gallup Korea, 17 percent of the respondents ...
The prime minister confirmed the “severe prejudice and discrimination” they endured as relatives of Hansen’s disease patients.
South Korea proposes U.N. probe over Japanese sanctions claims
South Korea said Friday it wants an investigation by the United Nations or another international body as it continues to reject Japanese claims that Seoul cannot be trusted to faithfully implement sanctions against North Korea. Kim You-geun, deputy chief of South Korea's presidential National Security ...
No exit in sight from worst Japan-South Korea dispute in decades
Japan and South Korea say they're willing to meet over Tokyo's move to tighten regulations on vital tech exports to its neighbor, but neither has much political incentive to climb down from one of their worst economic disputes in decades. Decades of mistrust make it ...
U.S. Forces Korea acknowledges North Korean ICBM can hit anywhere in the United States
U.S. Forces Korea has said for the first time that North Korea's powerful Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can hit targets anywhere in the mainland United States, with an estimated range of nearly 13,000 km (8,000 miles). USFK made its first official assessment of the ...
