TOKYO: Japan is approaching an end to deflation, the government said on Thursday, offering its most upbeat view on prices in nearly four years as
TOKYO: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki will visit China on Monday and Tuesday for talks with senior officials, the latest in a series of efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo
TOKYO: A defense paper released Friday by Japan’s hawkish new government calls for an increase in the country’s military capabilities and a more assertive role in regional security due to
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc won a decisive victory in an upper house election on Sunday, cementing his grip on power and setting the stage for Japan’s first
TOKYO: Japanese were voting Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition a strong mandate, though initial reports showed turnout to be lackluster. A
BEIJING: One of Japan’s biggest newspapers said Thursday its social media accounts have been deleted in China, amid a bitter territorial dispute between the two countries. The Asahi Shimbun’s head
TOKYO: Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant’s operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend
TOKYO: The Japanese military’s forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to “maintain discipline” in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers who risked
TOKYO: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in seas off far northern Japan and far eastern Russia on Friday, but no damage was expected. The Japan Meteorological Agency said sea changes were
TOKYO: A power outage has left four fuel storage pools at Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear plant without fresh cooling waterfor nearly 20 hours, raising concerns about the fragility of a facility