The introduction of an artificial intelligence machines in Japan will leave 2.4 million people without jobs in 13 years, local media reported Tuesday citing the Mitsubishi Research Institute.
Iran is going to sign two agreements with two well-known Japanese companies on modernizing and optimizing production process in Tehran Oil Rrefining Company and Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company, said Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Products Refining and Distribution Company (NIOPRDC) Abbas Kazemi.
Japan has called on South Korea to remove from a public site a statue that pays tribute to Korean women used as sex slaves by Japanese soldiers mostly during World War Two.
Japan's Inpex Corp is in the running to develop a major oilfield in Iran, Kyodo News reported, as Tehran looks to ramp up crude output following the lifting of sanctions.
Thousands of Japanese people have staged a demonstration to express their strong opposition to the presence of US military bases on the southern island of Okinawa, and to demand the removal of the controversial sites and US Marine Corps from the region.
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid became the top-selling car in Japan in fiscal 2014, maintaining the top spot for the third consecutive year, industry bodies said Monday.
(dpa) - A video released Saturday purportedly shows an image of the body of one of two Japanese hostages after members of the Islamic State jihadist group beheaded him following Japan's decision not to meet a ransom deadline.
Tehran, YJC. Iran's oil export to Japan in January 2015 hit 192,000 barrels per day (bpd), showing a 34 percent increase compared to the month before, according to data released by Japanese authorities.
A member of the European Parliament on Wednesday called on Japan and other East Asian nations to take steps toward reconciling their historical grievances to build a regional community like the European Union, saying they already have the potential to form such an entity.
TOKYO, Feb 14, 2015 (AFP) - As Japan celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday a group of killjoys marched through Tokyo protesting what it called the "passion-based capitalism" of the annual celebration of romance.
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2015 (AFP) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday denounced as "heinous and despicable" the apparent beheading of a second Japanese hostage by the Islamic State group, as global leaders denounced the jihadists.
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2015 (AFP) - Japan on Sunday successfully launched a back-up spy satellite, its aerospace agency said, after cancelling an earlier lift-off due to bad weather.
TOKYO, Jan 31, 2015 (AFP) - Japan's deputy foreign minister has said negotiations with the Islamic State group threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist have become "deadlocked", local media reported Saturday.
WASHINGTON, Jan 20, 2015 (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday sharply cut its 2015-2016 world growth forecast of only six months ago, saying lower oil prices did not offset pervasive weaknesses around the globe.
CAIRO, Jan 17, 2015 (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Saturday $2.5 billion in non-military aid for the Middle East as he launched a regional tour that includes visits to Jordan and Israel.
SINGAPORE, Jan 7, 2015 (AFP) - The plunge in crude prices will give a much-needed boost to Asia's oil-guzzling economies and provides governments a "golden opportunity" to implement crucial structural reforms such as cutting expensive energy subsidies, analysts say.