The family of Megumi Yokota, who was 13 when she was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, met the US president previously ...

China's relations are starting to improve with Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, ...

Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos. One day soon, it could ...

"The unprecedented unfriendly steps that has been taken by Tokyo against our country since February 2022 are contrary to the spirit and letter of the memorandums," the Russian Foreign Ministry stated ...

North Korea, fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine in its first major conflict since the Korean War, on Monday adopted ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan cannot accept Russia's "unilateral" move to terminate agreements on Tokyo-funded education centers ...

Tokyo on Monday criticized Moscow’s decision to stop the implementation of a bilateral memorandum on the Japan Centers in ...

Tokyo will closely monitor the rollout of new US sanctions on Moscow for any impact on shipments of liquefied natural gas from Russia’s Far East, a key source of supply for Japan.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the agreement for a ceasefire in ...

The move comes as the company has effectively lost its European export market, with the only remaining gas route to Europe ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.