
Abe and Clinton confirm Japan-US alliance
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton confirm the importance of the Ja...
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Japan slaps Apple with ¥12b tax charge
Japan slaps Apple's iTunes subsidiary with a ¥12b back-tax charge.
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Dubai investor plans takoyaki franchise
A Dubai investor hopes Japanese octopus balls called takoyaki appeal to the taste of Arabs.
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Helicopters airlift trucks as protesters block road
Japanese defense helicopters airlift trucks to a helipad being built for the US military as protesters block roads in Ok...
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North may have nuclear warhead technology: Suga
Japan's top spokesman says it's possible North Korea has the technology to load a nuclear weapon on a ballistic missile....
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Abe calls security environment 'extremely grave'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells Japan Self-Defense Force leaders that the nation faces an "extremely grave" security sit...
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Japan condemns North Korea's 5th nuke test
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemns what South Korea's Defense Ministry says is North Korea's 5th nuclear test.
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Information technology supercharges Rwanda's development
Rwanda, nearly brought to its knees in 1994, is now one of the most thriving countries in Africa thanks to information t...
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Abe requests comfort women statue removal
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Laos and requests the expedient re...
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Japan, China disagree over Chinese maritime activities
Leaders of Japan and China hold summit talks, disagreeing over Chinese maritime activities but agreeing to improve relat...
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