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World
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International
5/29/2023 5:37:19 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday his son is resigning as his executive policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s residence for a private party at which the merrymaking was exposed in magazine photos that triggered public outrage.
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World
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International
5/29/2023 2:11:25 PM
North Korea on Monday notified neighboring Japan that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put Pyongyang's first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.
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World
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International
5/26/2023 2:59:46 PM
A strong 6.2-magnitude quake shook buildings in Tokyo on Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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World
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International
5/25/2023 7:21:17 PM
Three people including two police officers were killed in Nagano in central Japan on Thursday and a suspect with a rifle and knife was holed up inside a house, police said.
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Sports
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World
5/25/2023 9:57:25 AM
Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta said Thursday he will make an early exit from Japanese side Vissel Kobe but intends to keep playing aged 39.
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Opinion
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5/23/2023 11:29:10 AM
When it comes to decision-making in Japan, there is no room for chance or hasty, rash decisions. Everything is carefully measured and subject to review at multiple levels, considering alternatives and available options that can achieve the desired goals.
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World
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Region
5/20/2023 2:25:05 PM
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday said the International Monetary Fund should take a "pragmatic" approach to a bailout for Tunisia, in comments to other G7 leaders in Japan.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/20/2023 10:01:44 AM
A plane believed to be carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in Hiroshima for global diplomatic talks.
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World
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International
5/19/2023 8:10:06 PM
China's rapidly growing nuclear arsenal is a "concern to global and regional stability", Group of Seven leaders said Friday after talks on nuclear disarmament in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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World
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International
5/18/2023 5:32:06 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a summit with Central Asian leaders on Thursday, seeking to build regional influence as G7 leaders hold a rival gathering in Japan.
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World
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International
5/18/2023 11:41:50 AM
G7 leaders arrived in Hiroshima, Japan on Thursday to weigh tighter sanctions on Russia and protections against China's "economic coercion", surrounded by reminders about the harrowing cost of war.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/17/2023 9:00:00 PM
Egypt will receive $1 million from the Japanese government to alleviate the suffering of Sudanese who have fled their country to Egypt.
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World
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International
5/17/2023 7:48:50 PM
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is confident the U.S. will avoid an unprecedented and catastrophic debt default, saying talks with congressional Republicans have been productive as he prepared to leave for a global summit in Japan.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
5/15/2023 11:43:11 AM
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World
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International
5/13/2023 9:50:23 AM
The G7 plans to launch a partnership scheme to diversify supply chains this year, ministers from the group said Saturday following finance talks in Japan ahead of a major summit next week.
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Egypt
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Society
5/12/2023 6:08:06 PM
The embassy of Japan in Egypt announced that four distinguished Egyptians, including former Minister of Foreign Affairs Amr Moussa, were honoured in 2023 with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/11/2023 3:44:56 PM
Support for war-torn Ukraine topped the agenda at G7 finance talks on Thursday in Japan, where ministers and central bankers also weighed concerns ranging from banking uncertainty to US debt default fears.
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Business
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Economy
5/11/2023 10:20:19 AM
Political brinkmanship over raising the US debt ceiling risks "serious economic costs" even without the "catastrophe" of a default, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Thursday at G7 finance talks in Japan.
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World
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International
5/10/2023 6:20:07 PM
South Korea and Japan's efforts to improve their once-strained relationship and boost military ties are key to countering North Korea, America's top general said.
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World
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International
5/7/2023 11:29:05 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in Seoul Sunday for a landmark summit with South Korea's president as the two countries seek to mend ties in the face of growing nuclear threats from Pyongyang.
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