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...
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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...
Japan priestess stabbed to death at shrine in ‘family feud’
A Shinto priestess was killed on the grounds of a famous Tokyo shrine by a man wielding a traditional Japanese sword who then killed another...
Japan to acquire air-launched missiles able to strike N. Korea
Japan is to acquire medium-range, air-launched cruise missiles, capable of striking North Korea, a controversial purchase of what will become the longest-range munitions of a country...
Japan detects radio signals pointing to possible N.Korea missile test
Japan has detected radio signals suggesting North Korea may be preparing another ballistic missile launch, although such signals are not unusual and satellite images did...
Japan health ministry to water down proposal on restaurant smoking
Japan’s health ministry is likely to drastically water down a proposal restricting smoking in restaurants, media said on Friday, a move that risks Tokyo becoming...
Trump says Japan would shoot N.Korean missiles ‘out of sky’
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Japan would shoot North Korean missiles “out of the sky” if it bought the US weaponry needed...
Police arrest Japanese man after body parts found in apartment
A Japanese man was arrested on Tuesday after parts of a dismembered body were found in a picnic cooler in his apartment, police said, although...
N. Korea threat is critical, imminent, Japan tells US, S. Korea
The threat from North Korea has grown to a “critical and imminent level” and the United States, Japan and South Korea must address the matter, Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori...
Typhoon leaves flooding, four dead in Japan, moves out to sea
A rapidly weakening typhoon Lan made landfall in Japan on Monday, setting off landslides and flooding that prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of...
Japan’s Abe to push pacifist constitution reform after win
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, buoyed by a huge election win for lawmakers who favour revising Japan’s post-war, pacifist constitution, signalled a push towards his long-held goal...