World Dec 27 Japan PM dismisses 4th minister in 2 months to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has dismissed his fourth minister in two months to patch a scandal-tainted Cabinet that has raised questions over his judgment of staff credentials.
World Dec 27 Japan to require COVID testing for all visitors from China Japan will require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China as a temporary emergency measure against the surging infections there after Beijing largely abandoned its "zero-COVID" policy.
World Dec 26 Heavy snow in Japan leaves 17 dead, more than 90 injured Large swaths of Japan are seeing heavy snow since last week, killing 17 and leaving hundreds of homes without power.
World Dec 17 Why Japan is boosting its arms budget and ‘counterstrike capability’ Japan this week adopted a new national security strategy to gain a more offensive footing and improve its resilience to protect itself from growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia.
World Dec 16 As regional threats rise, Japan shifts away from defense-only strategy Japan on Friday adopted a national security strategy declaring plans to possess preemptive strike capability and cruise missiles within years to give itself more offensive footing against threats from neighboring China, Russia and North Korea.
World Dec 10 New law in Japan takes aim at Unification Church’s coercive fundraising tactics Japan’s parliament on Saturday enacted a law to restrict malicious donation solicitations by religious and other groups, which mainly targets the Unification Church, whose fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party caused public outrage.
World Dec 06 Japan, Belgium to cooperate in semiconductor production, development A newly founded Japanese semiconductor company aiming to revive Japan's chip industry has signed an agreement to collaborate with a Belgian research organization in developing next-generation chips for production in Japan.
Politics Nov 18 North Korea test-fires ballistic missile with range to strike entire U.S. North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland.
World Nov 11 Russian ambassador blames Japan for strained relations between other countries Russia's ambassador to Tokyo has blamed Japan for straining relations between the countries by imposing sanctions on Moscow over its war with Ukraine.
World Nov 11 Japan minister quits over execution remark Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has delayed his departure for three upcoming summits in Southeast Asia to sack and replace his justice minister, who was widely criticized over a remark he made about capital punishment.