AS JAPAN'S ECONOMY SHRINKS, SOFTBANK SEEKS TO EXPAND

Japan's abrupt slowdown should have Prime Minister Shinzo Abe turning his sights onto the nation's richest man... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREAN RULING PARTY NEWSPAPER RIPS JAPAN AS 'DESPERATE' AMID DETENTE, URGES END TO 'HOSTILE POLICY'

But concerns continue to roil Tokyo that the mercurial American president might strike a deal that merely eliminates the North Korean threat to the United States... READ MORE›

KIM JONG UN READY TO TALK WITH ABE AT 'ANY TIME,' BLUE HOUSE REVEALS AFTER NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT

Following the telephone talks, Abe met with Suh Hoon, director of South Korea's National Intelligence Service, who visited Tokyo to brief Abe on the landmark summit... READ MORE›

TRUMP AND ABE AGREE TO INTENSIFY TRADE TALKS, BUT SHOW LITTLE PROGRESS ON METALS TARIFF EXEMPTION

Just because North Korea is responding to dialogue, there should be no rewards, Abe said... READ MORE›

TRUMP LOOKING TO RID NORTH KOREA OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AS WELL AS NUCLEAR ARSENAL

Trump looking to rid North Korea of chemical and biological weapons as well as nuclear arsenal ambassador... READ MORE›

AS SCANDAL-TARRED ABE MEETS TRUMP, THE SITUATION IS GETTING DANGEROUS

TOKYO -- Amid tensions over trade and North Korea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan leaves Tuesday to visit President Trump at his Palm Beach estate... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS | WHY JAPAN'S FIRST LADY WAS PROBABLY NOT SNUBBING PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE G-20 DINNER

Trump said Japanese first lady Akie Abe did not speak English in Hamburg. Like, not 'hello,' he said... READ MORE›

Abe and his efforts to make Japan a more global partner of the United States, on whom it still relies for its defense... READ MORE›

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER PLANS LANDMARK VISIT TO PEARL HARBOR

The prime minister's wife, Akie Abe, visited Pearl Harbor in August, laying flowers at the USS Arizona Memorial and meeting a survivor of the attack... READ MORE›

JAPAN PM ABE IN 'IS HOSTAGES' VOW

Daily express unforgivable japanese pm vows to save islamic state hostages after video threat 1 hr ago... READ MORE›

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER URGED TO EMBRACE APARTHEID FOR FOREIGN WORKERS

An adviser on education policies to Japans right-wing government has sparked a furore by recommending that immigrants in the worlds third-largest economy be separated by race... READ MORE›

PUTIN, ABE AGREE TO DEVELOP ISLANDS DISPUTED SINCE WORLD WAR II

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters in Nagato on Thursday that 23 agreements and memorandums have been prepared between Russian and Japanese companies... READ MORE›

JAPAN IS ALL ABUZZ ABOUT THE ARRIVAL OF A TRUMP

TOKYO -- Trump is set to deliver a much-anticipated speech in Tokyo that the Japanese government hopes will make waves... 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›

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›

IN JAPAN, A SCANDAL OVER A SCHOOL THREATENS TO ENTANGLE ABE

Prime Minister Abe might think this story is a minor issue, but it has the potential to become very damaging, Itagaki said... READ MORE›

IVANKA TRUMP SAYS WORLD SHOULD BOOST WOMEN IN CUTTING-EDGE INDUSTRIES

Ivanka Trump, the daughter and assistant to President Donald Trump, delivers a speech at World Assembly for Women WAW!... 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›

ANALYSIS | ON THE GOLF COURSE, JAPAN'S ABE DID A NINJA STUNT -- AND TRUMP DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE

Japan's prime minister fell backward into a bunker during his golf game with the American president on Sunday -- but Trump didn't notice... READ MORE›

JAPAN PM SHINZO ABE CALLS SNAP ELECTION

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an election a year early and will dissolve parliament on Thursday... READ MORE›

EUROPE WILL FIND WAY TO KEEP BRITAIN IN EU SAYS GERMAN MINISTER

"The size of the economy's decline was a big shock to Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party," said Katsuyuki Yakushiji, a professor of politics at Toyo University in Tokyo... READ MORE›

JAPAN PM SHINZO ABE PROMISES TO DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA THREAT

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to deal firmly with North Korea after exit polls suggested he won a clear victory in Sunday's election... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DEADLINE ON JAPANESE CAPTIVES PASSES WITH NO WORD ON FATE

Islamic State militants have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria, and beheaded several Western captives... READ MORE›

TRUMPS PHONE BUDDY IN NORTH KOREA CRISIS

But that same logic applies to South Korea, and relations between Mr. Trump and his counterpart there, President Moon Jae-in, are decidedly chillier... 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›

OBAMA TO JOIN JAPANESE PM IN HISTORIC PEARL HARBOR VISIT

As Abe arrived in Hawaii, Beijing dismissed as wishful thinking the notion that Japan could liquidate the history of World War II by visiting Pearl Harbor... READ MORE›

JAPANESE VOTERS BRAVE TYPHOON TO CAST BALLOTS IN SNAP ELECTION

In this photo from Oct. 18, Prime Minister and President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe delivers a campaign speech in Tokyo... READ MORE›

JAPAN MULLS JOINT ADMINISTRATION OF DISPUTED RUSSIAN-HELD ISLES

Japan mulls joint administration of disputed Russian-held isles Nikkei... READ MORE›

ABE HEADS INTO FIRST MEETING WITH JAPAN-BASHING DONALD TRUMP

He changed his schedule for a trip to Peru to spend time in New York... READ MORE›

JAPAN EYES UK AGREEMENT TO EASE IMPACT OF BREXIT

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he wants to reach a basic free trade agreement with the EU next month... READ MORE›

SHINZO ABES BID TO REDEFINE JAPAN AND ITS MILITARY HAS ECHOES OF FAMILY HISTORY

The scene and the parallels between Mr. Abe and Mr. Kishi who died in 1987 have taken on renewed significance in Japan this summer... READ MORE›

ABES PEARL HARBOR VISIT ISNT SO UNPRECEDENTED AFTER ALL

The Americans also had strategic reasons to treat the early Japanese visits to Pearl Harbor with delicacy... READ MORE›

'AMERICA & JAPAN ARE IMPERIALIST COUNTRIES GUIDED BY SPECIAL INTERESTS'

RB I think it is clear that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not going to apologize for Pearl Harbor... READ MORE›

ABE DENIES FAVOURS FOR FRIEND KAKE AMID FALLING SUPPORT

Japan's prime minister rejects allegations he misused influence to help a friend open veterinary school... READ MORE›

ABE FACES GROWING WRATH OF OKINAWANS OVER US BASE

But as he begins to focus on the noneconomic pieces of his agenda, resistance is stirring not only in Okinawa but across Japan... READ MORE›

JAPAN'S PM SHINZO ABE POISED TO WIN SNAP ELECTION

I support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy not to yield to North Korea, Yoshihisa Iemori, a construction business owner, told Al Jazeera... READ MORE›