Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council protested outside the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong on Friday, opposing U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima, Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering delaying a sales tax hike, originally planned in April 2017, by around two years, Japanese media reported on Friday.
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) had differing opinions on how to stimulate a sluggish world economy at a summit that ended Friday, while Japan spared no efforts to promote its own interests.
As signs abound that Indonesia’s current administration harbors little affection for Japan and amid China’s economic assertiveness, another bilateral meeting between Indonesia and Japan is expected to set the tone for more cordial relations.
A group representing Korean victims of the US atomic bombings of Japan protested on Thursday that their suffering was being neglected ahead of President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima.
Dozens of Japanese citizens gathered here on Thursday, protesting U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima and the two countries' intended political manipulation of the city.
The motive behind U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to Japan's A-bombed Hiroshima on Friday may seem noble, but in reality, it is nothing more than yet another opportunity seized by Washington and Tokyo to pursue their own ulterior motives.
A former U.S. Marine's rape and killing of an Okinawa woman adds gloom to the elite club-styled Group of Seven (G7) summit, which kicked off here on Thursday.
While leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries are gathering here for a summit meeting to tackle global economic uncertainties, there seems to be no much optimism for reaching practical solutions at the discussion table.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lodged a protest with U.S. President Barack Obama over the incident that led to the arrest of an American man working at a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture on suspicion of abandoning the body of a Japanese woman. At the same time, A massive rally is being prepared by political parties, businesses and civic groups in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to protest.
U.S. President Barack Obama extended "sincerest condolences and deepest regrets" over the murder of a Japanese woman by a U.S. military-affiliated civilian here late Wednesday at a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
With the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss a number of global issues, the rest of the G7 nations other than the United States and Japan, should be wary as the summit has been geared up to specifically manipulate the intentions of the host Japan and its supporter the U.S., rather than representing the common interests of the seven industrialized countries or the world.
Several city assemblies in the Okinawa Prefecture yesterday unanimously passed a resolution to protest the murder of a local woman to which a civilian United States base worker has allegedly confessed.
Japan's parliament passed a law on Tuesday to prevent hate speech with the original bill clearing the upper house of Japan's bicameral parliament on May 13.
Following the murder of a 20-year-old local woman in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, by a U.S. military-affiliated civilian, the prefectural government on Tuesday has amped up its demands for the U.S. to reduce its military footprint on the tiny island as anti-U.S. sentiment in the region continues to surge.
Japan’s exports fell sharply in April and manufacturing activity suffered the fastest contraction since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept to power in late 2012, providing further evidence that the Abenomics stimulus policy is struggling for traction.
The Governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga, said Thursday he has requested a meeting with soon-to-be visiting U.S. President Barack Obama concerning the recent arrest of a male civilian working for the U.S. military in the prefecture, for his alleged raping, strangling and dumping of the body of a local woman.
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