Japan: Two reported hurt in hospital shooting in Toda A shooting at a hospital in the Japanese city of Toda has left two people injured,…
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Eddie Jones ‘committed’ to Australia after reports of Japan interview The Guardian says Eddie Jones has claimed he is committed to coaching Australia but could…
Johnny Kitagawa: J-pop agency boss resigns over predator’s abuse Julie Fujishima, the boss of Japan’s biggest pop talent agency – has resigned after she finally…
Police officers stand guard on a street leading to a building where a man is holed up in Nakano, central Japan (Picture: AP) At least…
Authorities confirmed there are no threats of a tsunami.
Japan vows G7 security boost after smoke bomb Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has pledged to improve security measures as foreign ministers from G7 nations…
Japan forced to destroy flagship H3 rocket in failed launch Japan’s efforts to compete in the commercial rocket market suffered a setback on Tuesday when…
Japan to raise age of consent from 13 to 16 in shake-up of sex crime laws A panel within Japan’s Justice Ministry has proposed an…
Square Enix has officially registered January 31st as Final Fantasy 7 Day in Japan, as the original creators recall the groundbreaking game.
UK, Italy and Japan team up to build new fighter jet A collaboration between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop a new fighter jet…
South Korea’s military has issued an apology after a failed missile launch during a drill with the United States sparked alarm among residents of Gangneung.
North Korea has reportedly fired a missile over Japan, the missile travelled about 2,800 miles before it fell into the Pacific Ocean.
The Guardian says A man has set himself alight near the Japanese prime minister’s office, apparently in protest against next week’s state funeral for the country’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe.
The Guardian says A record proportion of men and women in Japan say they do not intend to marry, a trend experts have warned will undermine efforts to address the country’s population crisis.
Aljazeera says Japan has executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008.
Should Shinzo Abe have a state funeral? As the government pushes forward with plans for such a funeral to honour Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, opposition grows over costs amid reminders that Abe was a divisive figure in the country.
Arab News says JAPAN’S PM Fumio Kishida, received a courtesy call from Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during his visit to Japan.
Aljazeera says Japanese have turned out in their hundreds to bid farewell to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who died after being shot at a campaign rally last week.
TRT World says JAPAN’S governing party and its coalition partner have scored a major victory in a parliamentary election imbued with meaning after the assassination of former PM Shinzo Abe amid uncertainty about how his loss may affect party unity.
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot while giving a speech in the city of Nara.
France24 says JAPAN’S FORMER PM Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a hospital, with local media reporting that he was not breathing.
The Guardian says After two years of eating in near-monastic silence, children in Japan have been given permission to chat to their classmates over lunch, as Covid cases in the country continue to fall.
The Daily Express says THE EVACUATION of more than 318,000 homes in the Okinawa region of Japan has been ordered over flooding fears, with the vast majority being told to leave Naha City, according to a weather monitor.
The Guardian says Japan will start conducting “test tourism” in the form of limited package tours in May ahead of a full reopening to tourism.
Four people died after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Japan struck off the northern Japanese coast on Wednesday. Today, residents in Fukushima and Miyagi are…