Japan ambassador heading back to Seoul
Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says Ambassador Yasumasa Nagamine will be dispatched to Seoul after he was recall...
read moreReps don new folding helmets for quake drill
Members of Japan's house of representatives drill for an earthquake using a new folding helmet.
read moreKindergarten president says he got ¥1m from Abe's wife
The president of a scandal-hit kindergarten tells Parliament that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife Akie donated one mill...
read moreJapan, France to strengthen security ties
Japan and France's leaders agree to strengthen security cooperation in light of China's maritime expansion.
read moreAbe, Merkel stress free trade
Japan's Shinzo Abe and Germany's Angela Merkel stress free trade in light of Donald Trump's America First policy.
read moreJapan, Russia to cooperate on N.Korea
Japan and Russia's foreign and defense ministers meet in Tokyo to discuss security issues regarding North Korea.
read moreFormer Tokyo Governor Ishihara takes responsibility
Former Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara admits he was the one who made the final decision to move the Tsukiji fish marke...
read moreAbe denies donations to school at center of land scandal
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies donations to a school at the center of a shady cut-rate land purchase scandal.
read moreJapan puts satellite into orbit
The Japanese government successfully places an information-gathering satellite into orbit.
read moreFirst ballistic missile evacuation drill held
People in Akita Prefecture northern Japan take part in an evacuation drill premised on a hypothetical ballistic missile...
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