Japanese police have arrested 14 pro-China activists who landed on disputed islands, reports say. The group had sailed from Hong Kong to the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, followed...
Exposure to radioactive material released into the environment have caused mutations in butterflies found in Japan, a study suggests. Scientists found an increase in leg, antennae and wing shape mutations among butterflies collected following...
South Korea’s president has visited islands also claimed by Japan, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions. Lee Myung-bak flew to the islands, which are known as Dokdo in South Korea and as...
So we have a new term: BRIXIT. Japan’s biggest bank Nomura has issued an 11-page study evaluating the likelihood that the UK will leave the European Union entirely or partly. Events could accelerate as...
TOKYO – Japan’s government could run out of money by the end of October, halting all state spending including salaries, pensions and unemployment benefits, because of a standoff in parliament that has blocked a...
(Reuters) – U.S. forces using a new Raytheon Co interceptor missile downed another missile in space in a high-stakes test of a shield built to thwart growing capabilities of countries like North Korea and Iran....
(Reuters) – The United States and Japan announced on Thursday a revised agreement on streamlining the U.S. military presence on Okinawa that will shift 9,000 Marines from the southern Japanese island to Guam and other Asia-Pacific...
(multimedia) Britain is seeking to follow in America’s footsteps by heading east and beefing up its military presence in Asia. The Prime Ministers of Japan and the UK are negotiating a massive arms deal and...
(AP) TOKYO – Japan’s defense minister Friday ordered missile units to intercept a long-range rocket expected to be launched by North Korea if the rocket or its fragments threaten to hit Japan. The Unha-3...
(AP) TOKYO – One of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool it, according to an internal examination Tuesday that renews doubts about the plant’s...
