The chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coalition ally on Tuesday admonished the visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine by Cabinet ministers and throngs of lawmakers on Tuesday, describing the homage as " undesirable."
A Japanese civil group on Monday sued with the Tokyo District Court over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, stating Abe's move was unconstitutional.
About 150 Japanese lawmakers from a nonpartisan group on Tuesday morning visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine during the spring festival.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday the government was hopeful that the outcome of U.S. President Barack Obama's state visit here starting Wednesday will reaffirm the two countries'bilateral alliance.
South Korea and Japan confirmed differences on Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women after holding the first director general-level talks on the " comfort women" issue.
Japanese Fishery Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday that he is determined to "maintain the solid policy of preserving whale-eating culture and securing of whale meat," according to local media.
Japan and the United States on Tuesday confirmed to move the training involving controversial U.S. MV-22 Ospreys out of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, according to local media.
South Korea and Japan decided to hold director general-level talks in Seoul next week to discuss the issue of Korean women forced into sex slavery in the Japanese military brothels during the World War II, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Diplomats from Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are exploring the possibility of secret meeting in near future after resuming governmental talks last weekend, local media reported late Saturday.
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has issued an order to the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to intercept any missile launched by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to local media Saturday.
Japan and the European Union on Monday kicked off their fifth round of free trade agreement talks, with a focus on tariff elimination on EU wine and Japan's auto, according to local media.
Two Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles currently stationed in Guam will be deployed again to Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture in Japan's northeast next year, Japan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan's ruling coalition approved a new three-point principle governing the export of weapons submitted by the government on Tuesday.
Japan said Monday it will adhere to its official 1993 apology for the forcible conscription of women into sexual slavery by its military during the Second World War.
Japan will hand over "hundreds of kilograms of sensitive nuclear material" to the United States for destruction as part of the efforts to "help prevent unauthorized actors, criminals, or terrorists from acquiring such materials," the White House said Monday.
Japan is seeking to improve its relations with South Korea through a meeting in the Netherlands involving Prime Minster Shinzo Abe, U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Abe said on Sunday.
Widely expected trilateral summit among South Korea, Japan and the United States will be held next week in The Hague, the Netherlands, the South Korean presidential office said Friday.
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