Abe denies cronyism claims
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies favoritism allegations in grilling by opposition lawmakers during Diet committee delibe...
read moreInada questioned by Defense Ministry
The Japanese Defense Ministry's internal probe unit questioned Defense Minister Tomomi Inada over the cover-up of daily ...
read moreDefense minister may have lied in parliament
Japan's defense minister may have lied in parliament in connection with the existence of logs of the Ground Self-Defense...
read moreOpposition party pursues defense minister's alleged cover-up
Japan's opposition Democratic Party members grill Defense Ministry officials over the defense mister's alleged cover-up ...
read moreAbe pushes 'Kids Week'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leads the first meeting on a proposed Kids Week holiday.
read moreChinese ships again enter Japanese waters
Chinese Coast Guard ships again enter Japan's territorial waters.
read moreChinese ships enter waters off northern Kyushu
Chinese ships intrude into Japan's terrritorial waters off northern Kyushu for the first time.
read moreJapan's broadened sex crime laws come into effect
Japan's revised sex crime laws come into force Thursday.
read moreOpposition wants Abe at new probe of school scandal
Japan's opposition Democratic Party demands Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answer allegations he used his influence to favor ...
read moreRegulators give TEPCO execs an earful
Nuclear regulators have harsh words for Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives including new President Tomoaki Kobayakawa.
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