Japan's Imperial Couple invites heads of state to tea ahead of the Pacific Alliance Leaders Meeting.

Japan issues its foreign policy bluebook for this fiscal year, terming N.Korea an "urgent threat."

A Japanese research team succeeds in impregnating a monkey with a transplanted uterus for the first time in the world.

Japan Airlines says it will launch a low-cost airline aiming for a bigger chunk of the budget-airfare market.

Prime Minister Abe welcomes US President Trump's announcement of his first meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe congratulates President Donald Trump on the release of three Americans held by North Korea.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea call for denuclearizing the Korean peninsula but fall short of details.

Pharmaceutical giant Takeda will acquire Europe's Shire for about 62-billion dollars.

Leaders of Japan, China and South Korea will discuss North Korean denuclearization in Tokyo on Wednesday.