CHINA CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLES

China Can't Have Access to South China Sea Isles, Says Tillerson... READ MORE›

JAPAN, S KOREA SCRAMBLE JETS AFTER CHINA FLIES BOMBERS

Japan and South Korea say Chinese military planes flew over East China Sea and the Sea of Japan for hours on Monday... READ MORE›

CHINA ADDS SIX YEARS TO SINO-JAPANESE WAR IN HISTORY BOOKS

The move is to realize the central government's will, said an Education Ministry official... READ MORE›

JAPAN TO RECALL ENVOY FROM SOUTH KOREA OVER "COMFORT WOMEN" STATUE

Japanese ambassador to South Korea is recalled over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to work in Japanese military brothels in World War Two... READ MORE›

JAPAN'S TRAINS ARE IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. JAPAN'S SUBCULTURE OF TRAIN FANATICS IS NO DIFFERENT.

TOKYO -- Just as Japan's trains are in a league of their own, so too are its trainspotters... READ MORE›

JAPAN RECALLS SOUTH KOREA ENVOY OVER 'COMFORT WOMEN'

READ MORE Former South Korean sex slaves sue government over payout South Korea criticised Japan, saying Friday's decision was highly regrettable ... READ MORE›

CONSERVATIONISTS GET THEIR TALONS OUT FOR JAPAN'S OWL CAFES

According to the website Where in Tokyo, the Japanese capital has 48 animal cafes featuring a range of inhabitants, from cats and dogs to birds and snakes... READ MORE›

JAPAN WANTS ITS OVERWORKED CITIZENS TO START WEEKENDS EARLY

That may provide some boost to private consumption, which is about 60 percent of the economy... READ MORE›

CHINA, S KOREA DECRY TOMOMI INADA'S YASUKUNI VISIT

Japan's defence minister has prayed at a controversial war shrine in the capital, Tokyo, drawing condemnation from China and South Korea... READ MORE›

TOSHIBA SAYS NUCLEAR WRITEDOWN MAY REACH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

The Tokyo-based company booked a loss of 460 billion yen last year... READ MORE›

JAPAN INC COULD CLAIM EDGE IN OVERSEAS DEALS AS CHINA FACES RESTRAINTS

Japanese companies may also gain an edge over their Chinese rivals because of Trump's anti-China rhetoric, lawyers said... READ MORE›

JAPAN'S DEFENCE MINISTER VISITS YASUKUNI SHRINE AFTER PEARL HARBOR TRIP

Kyodo via REUTERS 2 8 left right Visitors pray at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, December 29, 2016... READ MORE›

WITHOUT OBAMA ABES APPROACH TO US-JAPAN TIES MAY BE TESTED

But the alliance with the United States remains the bedrock of Japan's security, and none of its leaders are currently considering any other significant alternative... 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›

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›

FORGET THE TURKEY: WHEN IT COMES TO CHRISTMAS, 'WE JAPANESE THINK OF KFC CHICKEN'

So when it comes to Christmas, we Japanese think of KFC chicken, said Yoko Ogata... READ MORE›

CHINAA??S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER HEADS FOR WESTERN PACIFIC

BEIJING -- China's first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said... READ MORE›

CAROLINE KENNEDY GOES VIRAL IN JAPAN EMBASSY STAFF'S GOOFY CHRISTMAS VIDEO

Wow, this is great, one person wrote in Japanese on YouTube... READ MORE›

BIRD FLU FORCES CULL OF 22 MILLION POULTRY

Previous cases In 2014, South Korea had culled 14 million birds amid a bird flu outbreak... READ MORE›

APPLE'S SEARCH FOR BETTER IPHONE SCREENS LEADS TO JAPAN'S RICE FIELDS

Canon Tokki's years of experience working with display makers give it a headstart against rivals like Ulvac Inc... READ MORE›

ASIAN SHARE MARKETS TAKE A KNOCK FROM WALL STREET DECLINE

Markets in Tokyo will be closed on Friday for the Japanese Emperor's birthday... READ MORE›

UK CAR PRODUCTION SPEEDS TO A 17-YR HIGH

The European Union is still the key market for the UK auto industry... READ MORE›

JAPAN IN RECORD MILITARY SPENDING AMID CHINESE TENSIONS

Rising tension with China over disputed islands in the East China Sea has led to Japan's coastguard budget being raised to 210bn yen 1.8bn next year... READ MORE›

INVESTORS ARE THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD ACTUALLY GO RIGHT IN 2017

Everyone was worshiping at the secular stagnation church with its belief in scant economic growth... READ MORE›

IRRATIONAL DESPONDENCY NOW PASSE AS WORLD ECONOMY RISKS TILT UP

Everyone was worshiping at the secular stagnation church with its belief in scant economic growth... READ MORE›

ABE PUTIN DISCUSS ISLANDS ROW

Along with the West, Japan imposed sanctions on Russia, which Putin has criticized for creating a major barrier toward progress in negotiations on a peace treaty... READ MORE›

ABE HOSTS PUTIN TO TRY TO SOLVE JAPAN-RUSSIA ISLANDS ROW

The Russian president was met by Japan's foreign minister Fumio Kishida, before talks began with Shinzo Abe at Nagato in the prime minister's home constituency... READ MORE›

JAPAN LEGALIZES CASINOS, PAVING WAY FOR INVESTMENT IN RESORTS

To us, the opportunity is thoroughly Japanese and thoroughly delicious, Wynn Resorts Chief Executive Officer Steve Wynn said in a statement... READ MORE›

PUTIN AND ABE SEEK DEAL OVER ISLANDS DISPUTED SINCE WW2

Russia and Japan are due to meet over a territorial dispute that has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty after World War II... READ MORE›

THORNY TERRITORIAL DISPUTE OVERSHADOWS UPCOMING ABE-PUTIN SUMMIT

Putin, however, said the following day in an interview with Japanese TV that there was no territorial issue between Russia and Japan over the four islands... READ MORE›

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS NEW ZEALAND; TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED

New Zealand emergency services warned that a tsunami was possible and told people near the coast of the South Island to move to higher ground... READ MORE›

THE SINGULAR LIFE OF A SYRIAN REFUGEE IN JAPAN

As of 2015, Japan has granted refugee status to six Syrians. Will that change?... READ MORE›

JAPAN HAS A WORRYING NUMBER OF VIRGINS GOVERNMENT FINDS

Japan has a worrying number of virgins government finds... READ MORE›

SHINZO ABE TO BECOME FIRST JAPANESE LEADER TO VISIT PEARL HARBOR

Politicians there still pay homage to the heroes of Pearl Harbor -- meaning the Japanese aviators and others who died in the attack... READ MORE›

1 DEAD AFTER EXPLOSIONS HIT JAPANESE CITY

Japanese media say the reported blasts occurred before noon Sunday at a public park and a nearby pay-parking lot... 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 TESTS INNOVATIVE MAGNETIC TETHER FOR SLOWING SPACE JUNK

Japan launches a cargo ship carrying a space junk collector designed to gather debris in space... READ MORE›

FIRST PASSENGERS ON JAPANESE MAGLEV TRAIN TRAVEL AT SPEEDS OF 311 MPH

Japan's reputation for high-speed rail started in 1964 with the unveiling of its first bullet train coinciding with the Summer Olympics... READ MORE›

JAPAN KNIFE ATTACK: AT LEAST 19 DEAD

Former employee of Japanese facility for disabled people turns himself in after killing 19 people in a stabbing spree at Tsukui Yamayurien facility in Sagamihara, officials say... READ MORE›

'LET THE DOLPHIN GAMES BEGIN': GRUESOME JAPANESE COVE HUNT SPILLS FIRST BLOOD

'Let the dolphin games begin' Gruesome Japanese cove hunt spills first blood -- RT News... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 40 PER CENT OF JAPAN'S ADULT SINGLES ARE VIRGINS, SAYS STUDY

Japan already suffers from the world's oldest population and a shrinking birthrate, with the government struggling to incentivise marriage and parenthood... READ MORE›

JAPAN PLEADS WITH WHALING WATCHDOG TO ALLOW 'CULTURAL' HUNTS

All whaling other than for aboriginal subsistence or for scientific research is banned under an IWC moratorium introduced 30 years ago... READ MORE›

ALL TSUNAMI ALERTS LIFTED AFTER 7.4 QUAKE ROCKS NORTHERN JAPAN

Japan lifted all tsunami alerts after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Fukushima, home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 triple disaster... READ MORE›

FORGET KOBE BEEF: THESE ARE THE CULT STEAKS EVERYBODY WANTS RIGHT NOW

Once upon a time, it was enough to impress people with your fancy steaks just by saying Kobe and Wagyu... READ MORE›

2. IT MIRRORS THE BOY-GIRL SWAPS FOUND IN OLD JAPANESE TALES

This aspect of the film, Shinkai says, was influenced by a famous Japanese poem titled Yume to Shiriseba... READ MORE›

Children's cancer charity Kids'n'CancerUK, based in Derbyshire, said it has been inundated with donations to help fund Ashya's treatment and associated costs estimated at 150,000... READ MORE›

JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: POWERFUL NEW TREMOR IN KUMAMOTO

Japan is regularly hit by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause significant damage... 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›

JAPANESE WHISKY NAMED WORLD'S BEST IN SOUR DRAM FOR SCOTLAND

World Whisky Bible gives highest mark to Yamazaki single malt while spiritual homelanda??s ranking is dramatically watered down... READ MORE›

IS CHINA REPEATING JAPAN'S MISSTEPS?

China and Japan may seem to inhabit alternative economic universes... READ MORE›

WORLD'S FIRST LAUNDRY-FOLDING ROBOT UNVEILED IN JAPAN

Japan is at the forefront of robotics technology with an increasingly number of robots appearing in daily life from humanoid museum staff to emotion-simulating robotic companions... READ MORE›

ASHYA KING 'FREE OF BRAIN CANCER'

Karol Sikora, cancer specialist Iva Tatounova, of the Proton Therapy Centre in Prague, said news of the recent scan was fantastic ... READ MORE›

THE JAPANESE ART OF MAKING SCHOOL LUNCH (AND NOT A PB&J IN SIGHT)

Maruo offers kyara-ben lessons at her home through her company, Obento4kids, and also has a YouTube channel... READ MORE›

QUALITY OF LIFE AROUND THE WORLD REVEALED AND BRITAIN DOESN'T EVEN MAKE THE TOP 10, SAYS NEW INDEX

The index placed Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan above the UK in terms of quality of life as the country placed 9th in Europe... 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›

JAPAN'S FUKUSHIMA REGION ROCKED BY 7.4-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

The earthquakes were felt in Tokyo, 160 miles south of the epicenter... READ MORE›

JAPANESE POLITICIAN IN SEXISM ROW AFTER CALL FOR WOMEN TO HAVE MORE BABIES

The Japanese government's top spokesman has rebutted charges of sexism after he called on women to contribute to their country's wellbeing by having more babies... READ MORE›

SUPERCARRIER FORD TO JOIN NAVY FLEET IN SEPTEMBER

Hide Caption 23 of 29 29 photos U.S. aircraft carriers The Essex-class USS Franklin burns after being hit by a Japanese dive bomber in 1945... READ MORE›

CHINA AIR FORCE HOLDS DRILLS NEAR JAPANESE ISLANDS

Patrols launched to monitor foreign military aircraft flying over the East China Sea air defence identification zone... READ MORE›

THESE ARE THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN JAPAN ON CAT DAY

The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day... READ MORE›

AS OBAMA LEAVES THE WORLD STAGE

A front-page headline in Israel's most widely circulated daily, Israel Hayom, summed up the feeling Barack Obama, the worst U.S. president in history... READ MORE›

OBAMA DEFENDS LEGACY AT APEC, URGES ALLIES TO MOVE TPP FORWARD, PRODS PUTIN ON SYRIA, TRUMP ON U.S. ROLE

U.S. President Barack Obama defended his legacy on free trade and security issues Sunday at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders thrown into uncertainty by the... READ MORE›

GIVE TRUMP TIME, DON'T ASSUME WORST

Trump won the election after promising to build a wall on the US border with Mexico, rip up trade deals and ban Muslims temporarily from entering the United States... READ MORE›

OBAMA ENDS HIS LAST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPE

After meeting with Angela Merkel and other European leaders in Berlin, Barack Obama ended his last visit to Europe as US President... READ MORE›

MERKEL, OBAMA PROMOTE EFFORTS TO REACH COMMON TRADE AGREEMENT[1]

Meanwhile, Obama warned his successor, president-elect Donald Trump, of the important principled task in relation to Russia... READ MORE›

OBAMA ADMITS DEMOCRACY NEEDS COURSE CORRECTION, PUSHES BACK AGAINST ISOLATIONISM

Standing in democracy's birthplace, President Barack Obama on Wednesday issued a parting plea to world leaders not to let the fear of globalization tugging... READ MORE›

CISCO'S PROFIT FORECAST MISSES ESTIMATES, SHARES SLIP

Obama lands in Berlin for farewell visit to closest ally Merkel... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA WARNS AGAINST RISE OF 'CRUDE NATIONALISM' AFTER DONALD TRUMP WIN

At times of significant stress people begin to look for something and they don't always know exactly what it is they are looking for... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA CAUTIONS DONALD TRUMP AGAINST UNDOING OF IRAN, PARIS DEALS

Published November 15, 2016 7 25 am President Barack Obama arrives to speak during the 63rd National Veterans Day Observance ceremony, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington... READ MORE›

POPULISM TAKES OVER THE WORLD

As a form of horizontal political power, populism has been instrumental to legal, agrarian, and social reforms through the years... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA RAISES POSSIBILITY OF DEBT RELIEF ON FINAL GREECE VISIT

A prosperous Greece would not only be good for the Greeks but good for Europe and ultimately the world, he said... READ MORE›

TRUMP SOON TO GET SOBERING REALITY CHECK, OBAMA SAYS

President Barack Obama cautioned against dire predictions for Donald Trump's presidency Monday, saying his Republican successor faces a reality check if he... READ MORE›