S. Korea charges Japanese reporter

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N. Korea coy on abductions probe

N. Korea refuses to commit to a date for releasing details of its reinvestigation of abductions of Japanese citizens.

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Japan beefing up Senkaku patrols

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries delivers two new patrol ships to help Japan’s Coast Guard patrol the Senkaku Islands against...

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Abe meets US women execs

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lunches with American women executives to hear about female empowerment.

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Abe departs for UN General Assembly

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to explain what he calls Japan’s proactive pacifism in a speech to the United Nations Gener...

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Japan to keep whaling as commission tightens rules

 The IWC votes to adopt a stricter approach to issuing whaling permits as Japan vows to file a new scientific whaling pl...

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