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Loss-Hit Toshiba Nosedives On Fears About Future
Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday afternoon as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, which is...
Will March Snow Ruin Washington’s Cherry Blossoms?
As the northeastern United States braces for the biggest snowstorm of the winter, officials in Washington had other...
Japan Plans To Send Largest Warship To South China Sea, Sources Say
Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three...
Tillerson To East Asia In Shadow of North Korea Threat
With North Korea's drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump's first foreign...
Saudi King Arrives In Tokyo For Four-Day Visit
Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Tokyo Sunday, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich...
Brave Sunwolves Lose After Asahara Yellow Card
The yellow-carding of Takuma Asahara proved costly for the Japanese Sunwolves as they lost 38-31 to the Central...
Japan Recalls Tsunami, Nuclear Tragedy Six Years On
Japan paused Saturday to mark six years since a deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster devastated its...
Tokyo Hit By New Olympic Stadium Cost Fears
Already under fire over soaring expenses, Tokyo's 2020 Olympic organisers on Friday sought to downplay fears that...
For Japan’s Nuclear Refugees, Insults and Rejection
Satsuki Sekine's home was destroyed in Japan's 2011 tsunami disaster and her family fled in the nuclear panic that...
Smoking Paradise Japan Tries To Kick the Habit
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out...
World Leaders Ousted For Legal Reasons
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye is one of a long list of world leaders to have gone through an impeachment process...
Japan PM To Visit Brussels With EU Hoping For Trade Deal
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Brussels this month, European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker said...
Japan Court Strikes Down Ban On ‘mannequin Mob’ Protest
Japanese political dissenters chalked up a small victory Wednesday when a court struck down a city's move to ban a...
China ‘comfort Women’ History Buried As Brothels Fall
With its red-painted window frames and sooty facade, the empty two-storey building on Gongping Road is typical of many...
Top US Diplomat To Visit Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing After NKorea Test
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit South Korea, Japan and China, the State Department announced Tuesday,...
Sprinter Fredericks Quits 2024 Olympics Role Amid Corruption Probe
Former sprinter Frankie Fredericks quit Tuesday as head of the IOC commission monitoring candidates for the 2024...
Tokyo 2020 Seen Having $284 Bn Economic Impact
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are expected to give an overall 32.3 trillion yen ($284 billion) boost to the Japanese economy,...
North Korea Is Training For An Attack On US Bases In Japan
Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan, as global...
Trump, Abe Say North Korea Threat ‘entered A New Stage’
US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Monday that the threat from North Korea had...