Japan, EU warn Russia on Ukraine
Japan and the EU have agreed to tighten sanctions on Russia if the situation in Ukraine worsens.Japan’s Prime Minister ...
read moreAbe could visit N.Korea to solve abductions
Japan’s Prime Minister may visit North Korea if it will help solve the abductions issue that has long soured ties betw...
read moreNorth Korea to reinvestigate abductions
Japan's prime minister says North Korea will reinvestigate cases of Japanese citizens abducted by the North in the 1970...
read moreAbe sets ambitious childcare goals
Japan’s prime minister wants to boost the number of after-school childcare workers by 300,000 people in five years’ time...
read moreSDF drills to defend disputed islands
Japan’s Self-Defense Force held its first serious drill to defend the disputed Senkaku islands today.China also claims t...
read morePoll shows mixed feelings on lifting restrictions on military
A new poll shows people in Japan have mixed feelings about a move to give the nation’s military more freedom to act abro...
read moreOkinawans rally against US bases
Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture commemorates 42 years since its return from U.S. occupation on Friday. The island prefecture...
read moreJapan promotes maglev train for US
Japan’s ambassador wants to link Washington and New York via one of Japan’s high-speed maglev trains.Ambassador Kenichir...
read moreAbe pushes forward on collective self-defense
Japan’s prime minister is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to give its military freer reign to act overseas.Japan...
read moreProtestors rally against collective self-defense
People in Japan who oppose a plan to give the nation’s military more freedom to act overseas voiced their disapproval to...
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