Japan

US B-2 bomber in Pacific ahead of Trump visit to Japan, S Korea

Oct 30, 2017 09:53

A US Air Force nuclear-capable B-2 bomber has flown over the Pacific, days ahead President Donald Trump’s visit to Japan and South Korea.
Powerful typhoon leaves 5 dead, 1 missing in Japan

Oct 23, 2017 06:10

A powerful typhoon left five dead, one missing and scores injured in Japan Monday, moving northward off the Pacific coast after millions struggled to the polls for a national election.
Japan voting in snap parliamentary elections

Oct 22, 2017 07:02

People in Japan have taken to the polls to cast their ballots in snap parliamentary elections, with incumbent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to secure a landslide victory.
Japan backs Iran nuclear deal amid US opposition

Oct 17, 2017 10:55

Japan has become the latest country to announce its support for a landmark nuclear agreement reached between Iran and P5+1 group of countries in 2015, amid almost singular opposition by the United States administration.
Japan urges US to suspend chopper flights

Oct 13, 2017 08:59

Japan urged the US military Friday to suspend the flights of its CH-53 helicopters until safety is guaranteed, after one of them burst into flames in Okinawa.
US grounds transport helicopters in Japan after fiery crash

Oct 12, 2017 10:28

The US military has decided to ground it transport helicopters operating in Japan, after one of them was involved in a fiery crash near a villiage in Okinawa on Wednesday.
Election campaigning kicks off in Japan

Oct 10, 2017 10:23

Campaigning has begun in Japan for snap general elections, which mainly pit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) against Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike’s newly-founded Party of Hope.
Tokyo governor Koike will not run in Japan elections: Report

Oct 03, 2017 03:37

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, whose new political party poses a growing threat in elections later this month, has denied speculation that she would run, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Japan’s Abe dissolves parliament ahead of snap polls

Sep 28, 2017 04:10

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has officially dissolved the lower house of the country’s parliament, paving the way for snap elections in which he hopes his party will put up a better showing.
US sanctions to speed up nuclear program development: N Korea

Sep 18, 2017 13:03

North Korea warns that the more sanctions are imposed by the US and its allies against the peninsular country, the faster it will move to complete its nuclear weapons program, as tensions between Washington and Pyongyang escalate at an unprecedented rate.