Japan

North Korea Fires Missile over Northern Japan

North Korea has fired a missile over northern Japan. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe called the move an "unprecedented" threat to…

7 years ago

Defense Secretary James Mattis Visits South Korea

Defense secretary James Mattis is visiting South Korea on the first foreign trip by a senior official in the Trump…

8 years ago

Japan Offers Condolences to Pearl Harbor Victims

Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe has visited Pearl Harbor naval base, where he offered "sincere and everlasting condolences" to the victims…

8 years ago

Vladimir Putin Declines Japan’s Offer of Akita Dog as Gift

Vladimir Putin has declined to accept Japan’s offer of an Akita dog as a gift, according to a Japanese lawmaker.…

8 years ago

Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe Becomes First World Leader to Meet President-Elect Donald Trump

The first foreign leader to meet President-elect Donald Trump is Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe. The Japanese prime minister said he…

8 years ago

South Korea, US and Japan Agree to Pressure North Korea

The US, South Korea and Japan have agreed to work together to increase pressure on North Korea to give up…

8 years ago

Pokemon Go Launched in Japan

Nintendo has finally launched Pokemon Go in Japan, the birthplace of the little virtual monsters. Amid a flurry of social…

8 years ago

John Kerry Becomes First US Secretary of State to Visit Hiroshima Memorial

John Kerry has become the most senior US official to visit the Hiroshima memorial in Japan, which commemorates the world's…

9 years ago

China, Japan and South Korea Announce Complete Restoration of Trade and Security Ties

China, Japan and South Korea have announced they have "completely restored" trade and security ties, at the first meeting of…

9 years ago

Typhoon Nangka Hits Japan Bringing Torrential Rain and 115MPH Wind

Typhoon Nangka made landfall in southern Japan on July 16. Authorities urged at least 350,000 people to leave their homes.…

9 years ago

Maglev train sets new world speed record in Japan

Japan’s Maglev train has broken its own world speed record, hitting 603km/h (374mph) in a test run near Mount Fuji.…

10 years ago

Misao Okawa: World’s oldest person dies at 117

Japanese Misao Okawa, known as the world's oldest living person, has died from heart failure at the age of 117.…

10 years ago

South Korea, China and Japan hold first trilateral meeting in three years

China, Japan and South Korea’s foreign ministers are meeting for their first talks since 2012. The meeting in Seoul is…

10 years ago

Prince William begins Japan visit

Prince William has begun a four-day visit to Japan by taking part in a traditional tea ceremony in Tokyo. The…

10 years ago

Japan’s 3B Junior singer in coma after inhaling helium for TV show

Japan’s TV Asahi has apologized to the family of a 12-year-old singer, who was left in a coma after inhaling…

10 years ago

Nanjing massacre commemorated for first time in 77 years

President Xi Jinping has presided over China's first state commemoration of the Nanjing massacre. China says 300,000 civilians were massacred…

10 years ago

APEC summit 2014: China and Japan in formal talks after tension over territorial dispute

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe have met for formal talks after more than two years of…

10 years ago

Typhoon Vongfong causes flight cancelations and power cuts in Japan

Typhoon Vongfong brought heavy rain and fierce winds to the southern island of Okinawa, Japan, causing flight cancelations and power…

10 years ago

Typhoon Phanfone closes schools and suspends flights in Japan

Powerful Typhoon Phanfone is bringing many parts of Japan to a standstill with heavy wind and rain as it heads…

10 years ago

Mount Ontake volcano eruption kills at least 30 hikers

Japanese rescue teams have recovered thirty bodies from the peak of Mount Ontake, after Saturday's sudden volcanic eruption. The hikers…

10 years ago

Japan: Mount Ontake volcano eruption injures at least eight hikers

Japan’s Mount Ontake volcano erupted on September 27, injuring at least eight hikers and leaving 250 others stranded near the…

10 years ago

North Korea launches two short-range missiles into sea

Two suspected short-range missiles have been launched by North Korea, South Korea says, in the fourth such test in two…

10 years ago

Typhoon Neoguri: Hundreds of thousands of people urged to seek shelter in Okinawa

Japanese authorities have urged hundreds of thousands of people to seek shelter as powerful Typhoon Neoguri passes over Okinawa island…

10 years ago

Japan to lift some of North Korea sanctions amid abduction talks

Japan has decided to ease some of the sanctions it has imposed on North Korea amid ongoing talks on abducted…

10 years ago

North Korea fires two more short-range missiles into sea

According to South Korean reports, North Korea has fired two more short-range rockets into the sea, the latest in a…

10 years ago