TEHRAN, October 7 -Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike does not expect her new conservative party to pick a candidate for prime minister during the campaign for the Oct. 22 election, leaving the door open to eventually backing a lawmaker from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party.
TEHRAN, October 6 -As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, a new report has estimated that, should North Korea deploy its nuclear arsenal on Seoul and Tokyo, the death toll could be up to 2.1 million, with around 8 million injured.
TEHRAN, October 3- 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.
TOKYO, Jan 06, 2015 (AFP) - Tokyo stocks tumbled more than 3.0 percent Tuesday continuing a global equity market selloff fuelled by political turmoil in Greece that has fanned fears over the eurozone.
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.
Among the aspiring Asian designers competing for the limelight at Tokyo Fashion Week, one of the most striking was an Indonesian label's bid to blend a traditional Muslim headscarf with haute couture.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday welcomed the election of a conservative governor of Tokyo in a result analysts say will help boost Abe's economic reform agenda and reinforce his drive to restart Japan's nuclear reactors.
Voters in Tokyo went to the polls Sunday to elect a new governor in a race that was being closely watched as a popular verdict on the use of nuclear power.