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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›
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›
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›
CHINA AND JAPAN IN ICE-BREAKER TALKS
Awkward Relations between China and Japan have long been soured by a row over islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION AS JAPAN SNUBS ANTARCTIC WHALING BAN
Environment minister Greg Hunt says he hopes Japan does not undertake so-called scientific whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer... 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›
HOW JAPANS TOILET OBSESSION PRODUCED SOME OF THE WORLDS BEST BATHROOMS
The government has launched a Japan toilet challenge Toilets are a feminist issue... READ MORE›
MAGAZINE NAMES KYOTO WORLD'S BEST CITY FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
Also speaking was Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Shigeto Kubo, who said it was reward for Kyoto's efforts... READ MORE›
2 DEATHS ARE REPORTED IN FIRE ON JAPANESE TRAIN
Television images showed emergency crews and railway workers surrounding the Shinkansen bullet train which had been traveling to the western city of Osaka from Tokyo... READ MORE›
WHY JAPAN HUNTS WHALES
Last year Japan caught no whales in the Antarctic, so there is less minke whale meat available, he says... READ MORE›
A WHALE SCULPTURE IN PARIS AIMS TO HELP SAVE SOME SPECIES
Japan insists that it has scrapped fin whales and humpbacks from its list and that the minke whales it plans to kill are abundant... READ MORE›
JAPAN PLANS UNILATERAL RESTART TO ANTARCTIC WHALING IN 2015, SAYS OFFICIAL
Japan plans unilateral restart to Antarctic whaling in 2015, says official... READ MORE›
100-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN WOMAN SEES THE OCEAN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Shimizu plans to build the Ocean Spiral from resin instead of concrete and to use industrial-scale three-dimensional printers to create the components... READ MORE›
AS ECONOMY FALTERS MILITARY PARADE OFFERS CHANCE TO BURNISH CHINAS IMAGE
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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›
STATUES PLACED IN SOUTH KOREA HONOR COMFORT WOMEN ENSLAVED FOR JAPANS TROOPS
SEOUL South Korea An unsmiling South Korean girl stares forward with an accusatory expression... 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›
MOUNT FUJI GETS FREE WI-FI IN BID TO DRAW MORE VISITORS
The initiative is aimed at attracting more overseas visitors to Shizuoka and Yamanashi the two prefectures that are home to Mount Fuji... READ MORE›
TOKYO SECOND-RISKIEST CITY IN THE WORLD FOR DISASTERS, LLOYD'S OF LONDON SAYS
Both Tokyo and Osaka were cited as examples of a combination of high economic value and high exposure to both natural catastrophes and man-made risks... 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›
TOYOTA DEFENDS DIVERSITY HIRING AFTER AMERICAN IS ARRESTED
Toyota spoke up in support of the executive Julie Hamp on Friday a day after she was taken into custody by the Japanese police... READ MORE›
JAPAN HAS A THING FOR TOILETS, AND NOW A DEDICATED MUSEUM
The new 60 million Toto toilet museum in Kitakyushu, Japan, is shown this month... 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›
AS EUROPE OPENS ITS DOORS, JAPAN CONSIDERS CLAMPING DOWN HARDER ON ASYLUM SEEKERS
As europe opens its doors japan considers clamping down harder on asylum seekers... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S ISLAMIC CENTERS REPORT NO THREATS, FEEL ISLAM IS MISUNDERSTOOD HERE
Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris and numerous others by the Islamic State group have forced Muslim communities around the world, including in Japan, to... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS RALLY AT FRENCH EMBASSY IN WAKE OF ATTACKS
The rally was attended by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the government's top spokesman, as well as Tokyo Gov... READ MORE›
HOW IS FUKUSHIMA'S CLEANUP GOING FIVE YEARS AFTER ITS MELTDOWN? NOT SO WELL.
Read more Radioactive water from nuclear plant found leaking into sea Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world... READ MORE›
JAPANESE SUSHI CHAIN PAYS $117,000 FOR A TUNA. YES, ONE TUNA.
Sushi Zanmai, a Japanese restaurant chain, just paid 117,000 for a 441-pound bluefin tuna... READ MORE›
HOW A SHUNGA EXHIBITION IS DEFYING TABOOS TO EXPOSE JAPAN TO ITS EROTIC PAST
One problem that gave bigger galleries cold feet is shunga's frank depiction of genitals Japanese censors still pixilate the nether regions, even in pornography ... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S ABE AND CHINA'S XI HOLD ICE-BREAKING MEETING AS APEC STARTS
Leaders of China and Japan meet for mini-summit after two years of mounting tension over disputed islands in East China Sea... READ MORE›