Japan's triple gold medallist Saori Yoshida has vowed wrestling's Olympic reprieve for the Tokyo Games will spur her on to glory in 2020, even though she will be 37.
Asian markets rose on Monday as strong Chinese trade data lifted hopes for the global economic outlook while Japanese stocks were boosted by improved growth figures and Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics.
The world's nuclear watchdog has urged Japan to explain more clearly what is happening at Fukushima and avoid sending "confusing messages" about the disaster, the country's atomic regulator revealed Wednesday.
Tehran, YJC. -- Chinese and Japanese people hold the least favourable views of each others' countries for almost a decade, a survey found Thursday as military and diplomatic tensions mount between the Asian giants.
Tehran, YJC. -- The dollar weakened in Asia Tuesday after poor US housing data raised the likelihood the US Federal Reserve would not wind back its stimulus programme in the near term.
Tehran, YJC. -- Japan may nationalise any unclaimed remote islands in its waters in a bid to bolster its territorial claims, a newspaper said Monday amid a dispute with China over one set.
Tehran, YJC. -- Three Chinese government ships sailed into waters around disputed islands controlled by Tokyo on Saturday, the Japanese coastguard said.
TEHRAN, YJC. -- A top Chinese general on Sunday sought to distance the country from claims by some of its scholars that the Ryukyu Islands, which include Okinawa, do not belong to Japan.