TwopeoplewerekilledandtransportationsystemsandbusinessesseverelydisruptedasTyphoonLanlashedcentralJapan'sPacificcoastaftermakinglandfallearlyMonday.TheTyphoon,w
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbe'scoalitionhaswonaresoundingvictoryinSunday'sgeneralelection,accordingtoexitpolls.Onhearingofhisvictoryhesaidhewould"firmlydealwit
ToyotaMotorCorpwillsuspendoperationsatallofitsassemblyplantsinJapan,includingthoseofitssubsidiaries,fromMondaymorningasaprecautionarymeasureduetoapowerfultyphoo
JapanisheadingtothepollsamonthafterPrimeMinisterShinzoAbecalledasnapelectioninthefaceoftherisingthreatfromNorthKorea.Votingopenedat07:00localtimeonSunday(22:00G
KobeSteelLtd.toldapressconferenceonFridaythatmoreofitsproductswerefoundwithfabricateddataandsomeofitsemployeesatmanagerialpositionswerefoundinvolvedincover-upof
NissansaidThursdayitwassuspendingallproductiondestinedforthelocalmarket,asJapan'snumber-twoautomakergrappleswithamountinginspectionscandalthathasalreadyseenitre
JapanandtheUnitedStatesagreedintalksonTuesdaythatfocusshouldbekeptonadiplomaticsolutiontoaddressthecurrenttensionsontheKoreanPeninsula.IntalksheldinTokyo,Japane
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbesentaritualofferingtothenotoriouswar-linkedYasukuniShrineonTuesdayontheoccasionofitsannualautumnfestival.Abehimselfisreportedlytor
TheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)MondayaccusedJapanofabettingwarthreatsagainstPyongyangbyU.S.PresidentDonaldTrump.TheofficialdailyRodongSinmunsaidthatw
JapaneseDefenseMinisterItsunoriOnoderasaidonThursdaythattheU.S.forcesinJapanwillgroundallofitsCH-53Ehelicoptersfollowingoneofthetransportchopperscrash-landingne
"JapanshallmakeeffortstoimprovebilateralrelationshipwithChina,"saidYukioHatoyama,formerJapanesePrimeMinister."Japanshallfullyrecognizethefactthatsteadydevelopme
Andthisyear'sNobelPrizeforliteraturegoesto...someonewho'snotHarukiMurakamiagain.TheBBCdelvesintothedejectedworldofhislong-sufferingfanswhosesoledesire-toseetheJ
Atotalof12peopleweremissingafterafishingvesselfromtheChinesemainlandcollidedwithatankerofChina'sHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegionearlyThursdayininternationalw
JapaneseDefenseMinisterItsunoriOnoderaurgedcautiononFridaybecausemoreprovocationwaspossiblefromtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)onOct.10,whenthestartof
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeofficiallycalledforanearlyelectiononSeptember25anddissolvedparliament’slowerhouseonThursday.AnalystssaythatAbehascalledtheelection
Thetinysmileyfaces,hearts,knife-and-forkorclenchedfisthavebecomeagloballanguageformobilephonemessages.TheyaredisplayedintheMuseumofModernArtinNewYork.Theystarin
Pledgestospendoneducationandchildcare,staytoughontheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)andrevisethepacifistconstitutionarelikelytobepillarsofJapanesePrimeMi
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