Japan's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) elected its first female leader Thursday as 48-year-old former TV newscaster Renho won the leadership election by a large margin.
Arrogant, violent and to varying degrees, nationalistic. That's how the Japanese and Chinese publics see each other's country, according to a new poll that reflects the geopolitical tensions between the neighboring East Asia powers.
Japan's population of people aged 100 years or older hit a new record in September, with the number having increased consistently since 1971, the government said Tuesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan had confirmed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had conducted a nuclear test earlier in the day and described the latest move following a series of ballistic missile launches and fourth nuclear test in January as "intolerable."
There's good news for foodies in DPRK with cash to spare: Pyongyang has a new sushi restaurant, the first one to open in at least a decade.
Social media lit up Tuesday with the news of a half-Indian woman being crowned a beauty queen in Tokyo, with many congratulating her and marveling at how far Japan has come in embracing racial diversity.
Budget requests by Japan's central government offices for fiscal 2017 amounted to some 101.47 trillion yen (983 billion U.S. dollars), Japan's financial ministry said on Tuesday.
President Xi Jinping told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday that China and Japan should "put aside disruptions" and bring their relations back on the normal track as soon as possible.
The Japanese government on Monday condemned the firing by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) of three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, yet also called for restraint, stating that the act was both provocative and in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
Typhoon Namtheun has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved north over the Sea of Japan after making landfall in Nagasaki City on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu in the early hours of this morning, the weather agency here said Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a conciliatory tone before talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a territorial dispute that's prevented the two countries from signing a World War II peace treaty.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to establish a new ministerial post to oversee Japan's economic cooperation with Russia, local media reported on Thursday, quoting government source.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 jolted Kumamoto Prefecture, on Japan's Kyushu island, on Wednesday evening, the weather agency here said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cameo appearance as video game icon Super Mario at the closing of this year’s Olympiad in Rio helped promote the 2020 games in Tokyo, but cannot disguise the fact that some think it may be game over for Japan’s current combination of fiscal and monetary policy settings, known as Abenomics.
Japan's Defence Ministry requested a record budget on Wednesday (Aug 31), with funds for an anti-ship missile system to defend islands at the centre of a territorial dispute with China.
A strong typhoon was on course for a direct hit on north-eastern Japan on Tuesday (Aug 31) , with the authorities warning of heavy rain and high waves along the Pacific coast.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday urged China and Japan to make joint efforts to push bilateral relations back to a normal track.
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