Foreign minister heading for Japan
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides departs Sunday for an official visit to Japan, at the invitation of the Japanese government, opening a new chapter in bilateral relations between...
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Rescuers with dogs search for survivors after deadly Japan quake
Rescue workers with dogs searched for survivors on Friday in debris-strewn landslides caused by an earthquake in Japan‘s northern island of Hokkaido, as electricity was restored...
At least four killed, 38 missing after quake paralyses Hokkaido
At least four people were killed and 33 were missing after a powerful earthquake paralysed Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, media reported, but...
Typhoon kills 10 in Japan, boats move stranded passengers from airport [V]
A powerful typhoon killed 10 people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded passengers by boats from a flooded...
Japanese FM visiting to inaugurate first-ever embassy of Japan in Cyprus
Japanese state minister for foreign affairs Kazuyuki Nakane will be in Cyprus o Monday on an official visit during which he will meet his Cypriot counterpart...
Japan, EU sign free trade pact amid worries about Trump
Japan and the European Union signed a wide-ranging free trade deal on Tuesday that both sides hope will act as a counterweight to the protectionist forces...
Heatwave blankets Japan, kills 14 people over long weekend
An intense heatwave killed at least 14 people over a three-day long weekend in Japan, media reported on Tuesday, and high temperatures hampered the recovery...
Japan battles shortage of necessities for flood survivors
Japan struggled on Tuesday to restore utilities and bring relief to the survivors of its worst floods in 36 years, facing health risks from broiling...
Rescuers race to find survivors after Japan floods [photos]
Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides that killed more than...
Japan hangs 7 members of sarin attack cult (Update)
Japan executed on Friday the former leader of a doomsday cult and six other members of the group that carried out a sarin gas attack on...
Opening of Japanese Embassy base for enhancing bilateral ties
The opening of the Embassy of Japan in Cyprus in January this year is the symbolic representation of the deepening mutual relations between the two...
World’s ‘oldest person’ dies in Japan aged 117
A Japanese woman born in the final year of the 19th century and believed to have been the world’s oldest person died on Saturday, Kyodo...
Japan’s navy appoints first woman to command warship squadron
Japan‘s navy on Tuesday appointed the first woman to command a warship squadron, including the flagship Izumo helicopter carrier, as it tries to lure more...
Japan PM tells S. Korea’s Moon 2015 ‘comfort women’ deal final
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe restated Tokyo’s opposition to revising a 2015 agreement on “comfort women” in talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on...
Japanese company, FBME hit by multi-million fraud lawsuit
A legal storm is brewing around several entities and individuals, based in various jurisdictions around the world, implicated in an alleged massive money-laundering case also...
Japan: ties at risk over S. Korea ‘comfort women’ deal (Update)
Japan said on Wednesday any attempt by South Korea to revise a 2015 deal meant to have resolved a row over ‘comfort women’ forced to work...
Japan woman, confined by parents, found frozen to death – police
Japanese police said on Wednesday they have arrested a couple whose 33-year-old daughter froze to death in a tiny room where they had confined her...
Tillerson: US ready to talk to N. Korea; Japan wants pressure
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered to begin direct talks with North Korea without pre-conditions, backing away from a key US demand that Pyongyang must first accept...
Japan holds drills with US bombers, stealth fighters
Japanese F-15 fighters on Tuesday held drills with US B1-B bombers, F-35 stealth aircraft and F-18 multirole combat jets above the East China Sea, south...
EU, Japan conclude world’s largest free trade agreement
The European Union and Japan concluded negotiations on a free trade deal to create the world’s largest open economic area, signalling their rejection of the more protectionist...
