Sanae Takaichi elected Japan’s first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a…
Sanae Takaichi on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on track to become the country’s first female…
Tomiichi Murayama, who apologized for Japan’s colonial and wartime aggression, dies
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing…
Japan and South Korea show enduring rift over sexual slavery issue in letters to UN
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described…
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba steps down, responding to party pressure
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign, following growing calls from…
China’s military parade aims to instill pride and back Communist Party rule
SHENYANG, China (AP) — Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, remembers the troops on horseback and the…
India’s Modi and Japan’s Ishiba agree to expand ties
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Japan on Friday agreed to further expand ties and deepen cooperation in…
Bones found at Japanese site where Korean forced laborers died in WWII
TOKYO (AP) — Police said Wednesday that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan…
Japan hosts Africa summit and seeks greater economic ties in the region
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian…
Japan’s July exports drop by 2.6%, steepest plunge in over four years
Owngarden | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s exports plunged 2.6% in July from a year earlier, their steepest…
South Korean president will meet Japanese leader ahead of summit with Trump
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba…
US briefly deploys 2 warships to a disputed South China Sea shoal after Chinese collision
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States deployed two warships on Wednesday in a disputed South China Sea…