North Korea files intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan
Pyongyang: North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday, the South Korean military said.
Russia expels Japanese consul for espionage
Moscow/UNI: A Japanese diplomat based in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok is being expelled after being detained for espionage, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday.
Japan issues special warning over Typhoon Nanmadol; thousands shifted to safe locations
Tokyo: The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued a rare "special warning" for the Kagoshima region in southern Kyushu prefecture - an alert that is issued only when it forecasts conditions seen once in several decades, AFP reported.
Ontario successfully concludes mission to strengthen economic ties with South Korea and Japan
Toronto/IBNS: A successful trade mission (Sep 2-10) led by Vic Fedeli, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade to South Korea and Japan to strengthen economic partnerships and forge new alliances has reportedly been concluded.
Japanese companies slowly moving out of China amid growing crisis
Beijing: Several Japanese production facilities have started moving out of China as Beijing continues to follow its Zero COVID-19 policy and even the friction on the Taiwan straits heightening tension in the region.
Typhoon to hit Japan's Okinawa
Tokyo/UNI: Typhoon Hinnamnor is re-approaching Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa amid unstable atmospheric conditions that are expected to lead to heavy downpours in western and eastern Japan, the weather agency said Thursday.
Japan suspends multi-mission V-22 Osprey aircraft
Tokyo/UNI: Japan has grounded flights of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft temporarily stationed in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo for security checks following a decision by the US air force to suspend the operation of its CV-22 Osprey aircraft due to technical faults, the Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday, citing the Japanese Defense Ministry.
Japanese PM Kishida reshuffles cabinet
Tokyo/UNI: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet and the executive line-up of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday as the administration faces slipping public support.
Attacking a nuclear plant ‘suicidal,’ UN chief tells journalists in Japan
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned a recent attack on a nuclear power station in southern Ukraine during a meeting in Tokyo on Monday with the Japan National Press Club.
Sending missiles across Taiwan, a first for Beijing, says Japan
Tokyo: Japan's Defence Ministry has claimed that China firing missiles 'over mainland Taiwan' following US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit, would mark the first time Beijing sent missiles across the island.
China fires 11 missiles near Taiwan in decades after Nancy Pelosi's visit
Beijing/IBNS: China fired its most extensive missile tests in Taiwan's waters in decades, a day after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-ruled island defying Beijing's warnings, media reports said.
Japanese police looks for bullet that killed country's former PM Shinzo Abe
Tokyo/UNI: The Japanese police have found only one of the two bullets that fatally wounded former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech on July 8, media reports said Friday.
Akihabara mass murder: Japan executes Tomohiro Kato
Tokyo: The Japanese government has executed a man who had killed seven people during a stabbing rampage in 2008, media reports said on Tuesday.
Section of Chinese netizens celebrate assassination of former Japan PM Shinzo Abe
Beijing: A section of Chinese internet users were seen celebrating the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan to honour Shinzo Abe with highest national award
Tokyo: The Japanese government on Monday announced it would be honouring former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, the nation's highest decoration.