Japan

Japanese journalist Yasuda released from terrorists’ captivity in Syria: Govt. spokesman

Oct 24, 2018 05:02

A high-ranking Japanese official says freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who was captured by members of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, Takfiri terrorist group in northern Syria three years ago, is believed to have been released and is now in Turkey.
Japanese PM Abe to make rare visit to China late October

Oct 12, 2018 09:52

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be paying a three-day official visit to China within the next few weeks in a latest sign of thawing relations between the two regional rivals.
Japan asks US to ensure sanctions don't hurt Iran trade

Oct 12, 2018 09:46

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has pressed his US counterpart Steven Mnuchin to ensure Japanese firms are not hurt by Washington's sanctions on Iran, Kyodo news agency reported Friday.
Powerful typhoon pounds Japan, dozens injured

Sep 30, 2018 14:11

A powerful typhoon has pounded Japan's mainland after injuring dozens on outlying islands, bringing transport grinding to a halt and triggering warnings of fierce winds, torrential rain, landslides and floods.
Typhoon Trami heads toward southern Japan

Sep 29, 2018 05:32

A powerful typhoon brought heavy rain and high winds as it approached southern Japan on Saturday, leading to flight cancellations and power outages in several cities.
Japan ‘ready to break shell of distrust with North Korea’

Sep 26, 2018 10:04

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared his readiness “to break the shell of mutual distrust with North Korea” and meet with its leader, Kim Jong-un.
Japanese submarine conducts first naval exercises in South China Sea

Sep 17, 2018 10:39

A Japanese submarine has for the first time joined a naval drill in the South China Sea, in a move likely to anger Beijing which claims most of the disputed waters.
Australia, New Zealand to help Japan enforce North Korea sanctions

Sep 08, 2018 11:27

Australia and New Zealand say they will send surveillance aircraft to Japan to help the enforcement of United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
Death toll rises to 35 after powerful Japan earthquake

Sep 08, 2018 09:08

The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 35 Saturday, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors.
6.7-magnitude quake kills 1 in Japan’s north

Sep 06, 2018 00:41

At least one person was killed and 32 were missing, Japanese media reported, after a powerful earthquake paralyzed the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents.