All The World's News
Recent News Headlines : Abe Shinzo
FORMER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AQUINO PRAISES EMPEROR AKIHITO'S SELFLESS DECISION TO ABDICATE, COMMENDING HIS DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE
Aquino first met then Crown Prince Akihito in 1986 while accompanying his mother, then President Corazon Aquino, on her first trip as Philippine leader to Japan... READ MORE›
THE BEST AND WORST COUNTRIES FOR LIFE EXPECTANCY
Japanese Emperor Akihito declares the opening of Diet session at the Upper House of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 8, 2017... READ MORE›
FLYNN'S FALSE STATEMENT TO FBI COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR TRUMP
And that appears to be a big problem for Donald Trump... READ MORE›
AKIHITO TO BECOME FIRST JAPANESE EMPEROR TO ABDICATE IN 200 YEARS
Akihito and Michiko will move into a new home after they vacate the imperial palace... READ MORE›
EMPEROR AKIHITO TO STEP DOWN IN APRIL 2019
Akihito's elder son Crown Prince Naruhito will ascend the throne a day later, on May 1, 2019, beginning a new era... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S EMPEROR TO ABDICATE ON APRIL 30, 2019
Akihito's eldest son, 57-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, is expected to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne the next day... READ MORE›
JAPAN EMPEROR TO CEDE PUBLIC DUTIES AFTER ABDICATION-PRINCE
Akishino's 11-year-old son, Prince Hisahito, is the emperor's only grandson and will be second in line to the throne after the abdication... READ MORE›
JAPAN EMPEROR TO CEDE PUBLIC DUTIES AFTER ABDICATION
Japan emperor to cede public duties after abdication prince... READ MORE›
SOME OF TRUMP'S BIZARRE ACTIVITIES, STATEMENTS MADE DURING JAPAN TRIP
U.S. President Donald Trump is known for making bizarre statements and he did not refrain from doing so during his ongoing Japan trip... READ MORE›
TRUMP GREETS JAPANESE EMPEROR WITH A HANDSHAKE AND NOD
FILE PHOTO U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by Emperor Akihito upon arriving at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo November 14, 2009... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Abe Shinzo
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR
In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›
PRINCESS MAKO TO LOSE ROYAL STATUS BY MARRYING COMMONER
The 25-year-old eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito will become engaged to law firm worker Kei Komuro, also 25, whom she met while studying together... READ MORE›
JAPANS PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ALLOWING EMPEROR TO ABDICATE
But Mr. Abe's governing Liberal Democratic Party would only consider the one-time allowance for Emperor Akihito's departure... READ MORE›
JAPANS LOWER HOUSE PASSES BILLS TO GIVE MILITARY FREER HAND TO FIGHT
It complements guidelines in a bilateral agreement governing how Japanese and United States forces work together, which was signed by the two nations this year... READ MORE›
JAPAN PRINCESS TO WED COMMONER, FORCING HER TO QUIT ROYAL FAMILY
Her fiance once served as a Prince of the Sea to promote tourism near Tokyo, according to media reports... READ MORE›
QUEEN TO LEAD 70TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS
In Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked the date by expressing profound grief at his country's actions in WW2... READ MORE›
ABE ECHOES JAPANS PAST WAR APOLOGIES BUT ADDS NONE
But in a potentially contentious break with previous expressions of contrition by Japanese leaders Mr. Abe did not offer a new personal apology of his own... READ MORE›
AUSTRIA NOW SAYS OVER 70 BODIES THOUGHT TO BE MIGRANTS WERE IN TRUCK
The Austrian daily newspaper Kronen Zeitung said that 71 bodies were recovered from the truck... READ MORE›
JAPANS CABINET ROCKED BY NEW CLAIMS OF LINKS TO NEO-NAZIS WHO TARGET THE ETHNIC KOREAN POPULATION
Please read our Japan's government is weathering accusations of links to far-right groups that promote racism and hate speech... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM
Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S PARLIAMENT CLEARS WAY FOR EMPEROR AKIHITO'S ABDICATION
Japan's parliament passed a law Friday allowing Emperor Akihito to become the first monarch to abdicate in 200 years... READ MORE›
JAPANS PARLIAMENT APPROVES OVERSEAS COMBAT ROLE FOR MILITARY
The debate often doubled as a forum for airing views about Japan's most important ally the United States... READ MORE›
JAPAN MARKS 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMBING
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that as the sole country to face nuclear attack, Japan has the duty to push for nuclear weapons elimination... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›
JAPAN PRINCESS'S BETROTHAL HIGHLIGHTS MALE ROYAL SUCCESSION WOES
The government is currently preparing legislation to allow Akihito, 83, to abdicate in favour of his eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito... READ MORE›
AS ECONOMY FALTERS MILITARY PARADE OFFERS CHANCE TO BURNISH CHINAS IMAGE
Or In order to access our Web site, your Web browser must accept cookies from NYTimes.com... READ MORE›
U.S., JAPANESE NAVAL FORCES STAGE SHOW OF STRENGTH
The USS Ronald Reagan and the Japanese warship JS Izumo took part in the fleet review... READ MORE›
JAPAN PASSES LANDMARK BILL FOR EMPEROR AKIHITO TO ABDICATE
Japan's parliament has cleared the way for Emperor Akihito to abdicate by passing a landmark one-off bill... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S EMPEROR STRIKES MORE APOLOGETIC TONE THAN ABE OVER SECOND WORLD WAR
Beijing says Japan has yet to confront atrocities it committed after invading parts of China in the 1930s... READ MORE›
OVER 6,000 OFFER PRAYERS AT TOKYO EVENT HELD ON 72ND ANNIVERSARY OF JAPAN'S WORLD WAR II SURRENDER
In their respective speeches, Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered messages that were almost identical to those given in last year's ceremony... READ MORE›
THE NINE MOST WARMONGERING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD REVEALED
Overall, Japan is ranked as the eighth-most peaceful country in the world, second only to New Zealand in the Asia-Pacific region... READ MORE›
'WE CAN DO IT!' HUNDREDS DRESS UP AS WWII ICON ROSIE THE RIVETER
They'd just tentatively broken the Guinness World Record for most Rosies in one place since WWII... READ MORE›
EMPEROR OFFERS REMORSE FOR JAPANS WAR ROLE
Emperor Akihito, whose father announced his exhausted country's surrender in World War II, expressed "deep remorse" ..... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN SMOOTH ISLANDS ROW
Related Stories China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IS OPEN TO TALKS WITH ABE
Ties between South Korea and Japan, its former colonizer, have been strained for years, largely over issues rooted in their painful history... READ MORE›
WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR
Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S 105-YEAR-OLD GOLDEN BOLT BEATS HIS OWN WORLD SPRINT RECORD
Hidekichi Miyazaki, probably the fastest of Japans 60,000-plus centenarians, says he can keep going for another few years after taking up running aged 90... READ MORE›
V-J DAY: RARE COLOUR ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE CELEBRATING END OF WORLD WAR II
Video V-J Day rare colour archive footage shows people celebrating end of World War II... READ MORE›
JAPAN OPENS THE DOOR TO DEBATE ON FEMALE SUCCESSION TO THE CHRYSANTHEMUM THRONE
While he is not the first Japanese monarch to abdicate, the current imperial household law, passed in 1947, does not permit a living succession... READ MORE›
NAGASAKI MARKS 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBING
Video Nagasaki marks 70th anniversary of atomic bombing... READ MORE›