Defense Ministry seeks expanded budget
Japan's Defense Ministry seeks new funds to buy US weapons, citing a territorial dispute with China.
read moreAbe opts not to visit Yasukuni
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe skips visiting Yasukuni Shrine on the 69th anniversary of the end of WWII, but sends an of...
read moreBuoys set in advance of Futenma relocation
Protestors in Okinawa faced off with the Coast Guard as the government started work on Thursday on the controversial...
read moreJapan seeks news on abductions in talks with N. Korea
Japan and North Korea’s foreign ministers held a rare meeting in Myanmar over the weekend. Japan’s Fumio Kishida an...
read moreHiroshima remembers atomic bombing
People in Japan are commemorating the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.Every year, the city hosts...
read moreLDP counters sexist image with woman pick for Tokyo Assembly Sec-Gen
Japan’s ruling party has its first female secretary-general of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly.Hideko Murakami is th...
read moreProtestors, Coast Guard clash at Henoko base site
Protestors have clashed with Japan's Coast Guard in waters off Okinawa where new runways are to be built for the US Mari...
read moreAbe in Trinidad and Tobago
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting Trinidad and Tobago, where he met with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bisses...
read moreAbe sets off for Latin America
Prime Minister Abe embarked for Latin America on Friday, where he’ll visit five countries on an 11-day tour. Abe intends...
read moreTokyo governor meets with South Korean president
A rare meeting between the governor of Tokyo and the South Korean president took place in Seoul on Friday, the first fac...
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