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Japan Politician Retracts ‘starve North Koreans’ Call
A Japanese governor has retracted his call for North Koreans to be "starved to death" if Pyongyang were to target his...
Top US Navy Commander In Japan Over Destroyer Crash
The US Navy's top commander visited Japan Tuesday to meet with the grieving families of seven sailors killed in a...
Japan Crown Prince Pledges ‘heart and Soul’ To Throne
Japan's crown prince Tuesday vowed to devote himself to assuming the role of emperor, days after parliament enacted a...
Japan’s ‘peace Constitution’ Under Pressure At 70
Japan's American-written "peace constitution" has survived unchanged for 70 years, but nationalists seeking an overhaul...
Japan Sends Biggest Warship To Protect US Supply Vessel
Japan has dispatched its biggest warship, in the first such operation since it passed controversial laws expanding the...
Japan To Test Mass Telecommute For 2020 Olympics
Japanese commuters will be encouraged to work from home for one day in a nationwide exercise for the 2020 Olympics that...
Japan Kills 333 Whales In Annual Antarctic Hunt
A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port on Friday after killing more than 300 mammals in an annual Antarctic hunt, as...
Japan Court Rules Government Liable For Fukushima Disaster
A Japanese court on Friday ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima...
Japan To Withdraw Troops From South Sudan
These Japanese peacekeepers who arrived in November were mandated to use force Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced...
Japan Troops To Withdraw From South Sudan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday a plan to pull the nation's engineering troops from South Sudan in...
Japan, US Conduct Navy Drill In East China Sea
The Japanese and US navies are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea as tension intensifies in the region...
N. Korea To Top Agenda On Tillerson Asia Visit
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to visit Japan, China and South Korea later this month to discuss Pyongyang's...
Gov’t Panel Report Shows Split of Opinions Over Emperor’s Possible Abdication In Japan
A government advisory panel released on Monday a mid-term report on the possible abdication of Japan's Emperor Akihito,...
US Osprey Aircraft Crashes Off Okinawa Coast In Japan
The US Marines have suspended flights of all Osprey military aircraft in Japan, after a crash off the coast of Okinawa...
First Woman To Conquer Everest Dies Aged 77
Tabei died of peritoneal cancer on Thursday at a hospital in Saitama (North of Tokyo, Japan) The first woman to conquer...