Myanmar and Japan will cooperate on a wide range of health issues mainly including combating tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and malaria, official media reported Friday.
The Eighth G20 Leaders' Summit was held in St. Petersburg of Russia on Thursday. Prior to the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping encountered Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the VIP room for participating leaders. The two sides had a brief talk.
South Korea on Friday banned imports of all marine products from Japan's Fukushima region, which has been suspected of leaking hundreds of tons of radioactive water every day.
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hit east off Japan at 9:19 a.m. local time Wednesday, with strong tremor felt in Tokyo.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama has urged Japanese politicians to be clearer about the history of Japanese colonial rule and aggression towards its Asian neighbors, cautioning against repeating mistakes.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday called for his ministers to collect further information and work closely with the United States and other countries as the situation in Syria escalates.
A Bank of Japan Policy Board member on Thursday said the government needs to continue to promote sustainable fiscal structures including the government's planned sales tax-hike, if Japan is to maintain market trust and rein in its tattered finances.
Japan has retracted its criticism of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's remarks, which it earlier claimed as lacking neutrality and an understanding of Japan's position regarding issues of its militaristic history and current strained ties with its neighbors, its top government spokesperson said Thursday.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has launched the Australia in the Asian Century Country Strategy for China, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, covering Australia's five major relationships in Asia.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong said on Tuesday that it is unlikely for Chinese and Japanese leaders to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the forthcoming G20 summit due to Japan's provocative words and moves.
China-Japan trade has posted consistent declines since early this year, with words and actions by Japanese politicians and government to blame, a Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman said Friday.
Japan and the United States plan to arrange a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama on the fringes of the summit of the Group of Twenty ( G20) to be held in Russia early next month, according to local media.
The best solution, according to a number of experts on the matter, is for Japan's politicians to pay their respect to the lives lost during the war at Japan's official war cemetery, just minutes from the unofficial Yasukuni site.
At least two Japanese cabinet ministers paid their respects at Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of the country's past militarism, as the 68th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II came on Thursday.
Sixty-eight years ago, then Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced in a radio address the country's surrender to the allies. However, the ghost of militarism still haunts Asia and threatens to challenge the post-war world order, according to experts.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye proposed Thursday to hold reunions for families separated due to the 1950-53 Korean War and establish a peace park in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to Yonhap News Agency.
Two Japanese ministers on Thursday morning visited the notorious Yasukuni shrine, a move that will further harm mutual trust between Japan and its neighbors.
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