NAGO, Japan, Nov 15, 2014 (AFP) - Okinawa's voters will deliver their verdict Sunday on a decision to press ahead with the long-stalled relocation of a US military base, in an election Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to win.
TOKYO, Nov 12, 2014 (AFP) - A man has burned himself to death in Tokyo in an apparent protest against Japan's controversial move to expand the role of its military, local media said Wednesday, after a similar incident earlier this year.
TOKYO, Nov 11, 2014 (AFP) - The dollar slipped in Asia on Tuesday after ratcheting up big gains against the yen this month, while investors look ahead to the release next week of Japanese third-quarter economic growth data.
TOKYO, Nov 10, 2014 (AFP) - A 30-minute summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was a "first step" on the road to improving relations between Asia's two largest economies after years of hostility, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday.
BEIJING, Oct 26, 2014 (AFP) - China intends to improve efficiency in military spending through tighter monitoring of how funds are used, state media reported Sunday.
TOKYO, Oct 07, 2014 (AFP) - Police are questioning a 26-year-old Japanese Muslim on suspicion of trying to join Islamic State jihadists in Syria, media reports and the top government spokesman said Tuesday.
TOKYO, Sept 10, 2014 (AFP) - More than half of Chinese people think their country could go to war with Japan in the future, a new poll revealed Wednesday, after two years of intense diplomatic squabbles.
TOKYO, Sept 10, 2014 (AFP) - Japan's nuclear watchdog Wednesday gave the green light for two reactors to restart, one year after the energy-poor country shut down its last unit in the aftermath of the Fukushima crisis.
"The Northern Territories are an inherent part of Japan's territory, and we cannot accept the move," a senior ministry official also said, a day after Russia announced its military began military exercises on the Russia-held, Japan-claimed islands.
NAYPYITAW - Foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea began talks Sunday in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw in which they are likely to reaffirm close trilateral coordination in curbing North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons development.
BEIJING - Japan and North Korea clashed Tuesday over Pyongyang's weekend launch of two short-range ballistic missiles, at the outset of talks between senior officials from the two countries in Beijing.
Japan and Britain are to jointly develop missile technology for fighter jets, while Tokyo may also start exporting Japanese-made parts for US surface-to-air missiles, a report said Thursday.
North Korea on Wednesday fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles into the sea in the latest in a series of launches interspersed with spurned peace overtures to South Korea.
Japan protested against North Korea's ballistic missile launch Sunday but vowed to go ahead with rare government-level talks with Pyongyang this week as scheduled.
North Korea Sunday fired two ballistic missiles into the sea, Seoul's military said, the latest in a series of launches staged in an apparent show of force ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the South.
Key ministers from Japan and Australia will meet Wednesday to beef up their defence relations, including a possible future submarine deal, as a rising China stirs tension in the Asia-Pacific region.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday it is too early to discuss the possibility of his visiting North Korea, following Pyongyang's recent promise to reinvestigate the fate of Japanese nationals it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.