Japan

Japan talking ‘tenaciously’ to US on Iran oil imports

Sep 05, 2018 08:10

Japan says it is pressing the US for exemptions from new sanctions to continue oil imports from Iran.
Death toll from powerful typhoon rising in Japan

Sep 05, 2018 04:19

A powerful typhoon killed at least 10 people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded passengers by boats, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday, and more than a million homes were without power.
Japan issues warning as Typhoon Jebi makes landfall

Sep 04, 2018 03:36

Japan issued evacuation advisories for more than one million people and canceled hundreds of flights in the face of extremely strong winds and heavy rain as typhoon Jebi made landfall on its west coast on Tuesday.
China unilaterally increasing military activities in disputed sea: Japan defense chief

Sep 03, 2018 09:14

The Japanese defense chief claims China is “unilaterally” stepping up its military activities in the East China Sea, which has been the subject of a territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo.
Japan's military seeks record spending amid US push

Aug 31, 2018 08:18

Japan is seeking a record-high spending next year to help pay for US missile systems and warplanes amid calls from Washington to increase purchase of American weapons.
Unhappy with Iran bans, UK trying to maintain trade

Aug 29, 2018 14:47

Britain is reportedly trying to maintain trade with Iran in face of returning US sanctions and is even seeking tips from Japan on how to dodge US bans without being implicated.
Japan, China weigh options to retain Iran’s oil imports

Aug 28, 2018 04:49

Japan’s minister of economy, trade and industry says the country’s refiners need to make their own decisions as to whether import oil from Iran.
Japan says North Korea still a ‘serious, imminent threat’

Aug 28, 2018 03:52

Japan says North Korea continues to pose a “serious and imminent threat” to the country despite Pyongyang’s suspension of its missile and nuclear tests as well as diplomacy involving the United States and South Korea.
Japanese ships catch 177 whales in Pacific Ocean

Aug 22, 2018 13:54

A fleet of Japanese whaling ships caught 177 minke and sei whales during a three-month tour of the northwestern Pacific, the government said Wednesday.
Statue draws outcry in Japanese city hit with nuclear crisis

Aug 14, 2018 05:21

A large statue of a child wearing a protective suit in the Japanese city of Fukushima has triggered online criticism, as the nuclear-contaminated city continues to grapple with the aftereffects of a 2011 nuclear disaster.