Washington expects a two-year delay until 2025 in work to finish a new base to replace U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, the U.S. Pacific commander says.
Hillary Clinton is warning Japan of retaliatory action over its alleged deliberate lowering of its currency value to help exporters.
Japan has shown an "intolerance of public criticism" with its contentious new secrecy law, Amnesty International says.
U.S. President Barack Obama has expressed concern to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about his possible visit to Russia in early May, according to diplomatic sources.
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Tuesday downplayed a news report that some senior officers in the Self-Defense Forces are demanding a bigger role than the civilians in drafting the next three-year overall operation plan. Nakatani sought to stress that the principle of civilian control ...
U.S. and Chinese officials have cited “significant” progress on a new United Nations resolution targeting North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, while laying out continued differences over the contested South China Sea. Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Secretary of State John Kerry gave no details ...
In a potential setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive to revive economic growth, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.’s labor union will not seek a hike in base wages at annual salary talks, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. Hit by the Bank of ...
Barcelona’s strike force proved too hot for Arsenal to handle as Lionel Messi scored both goals for the titleholders in a convincing 2-0 victory in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday. Messi provided a clinical finish to a breakaway move that ...
Opportunities abound for people of African descent to shine in a land where their story is barely known.
Where in English something is just "cold," in Japanese it's not so simple.
“At last, the masterpiece ‘Yakiniku Dragon’ (‘Korean Barbecue Dragon’) is going to be staged again!” The “!” that leaps up at the end of this sentence in a recent press release from the New National Theatre Tokyo surely reflects a widespread excitement on hearing ...
Electoral reform should focus on a fundamental solution to the disparity in the value of votes.
President Barack Obama is correct to go to Cuba next month: Only engagement will bring about change in Cuba.
The North Korea crisis reveals deep-rooted problems in the region.
The DPJ's turnaround can only be achieved by inviting broad participation of citizens in the selection of its candidates and the establishment of a policy platform, thereby creating a new energy in politics.
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