• G7 pledges commitments to renewable energy transition as talks wrap up in Japan

    G7 pledges commitments to renewable energy transition as talks wrap up in Japan

    Apr 16, 2023 02:59 PM EDT

    ... E3G, a climate change think tank, said in a Twitter spaces session just after the communique was released. But while other G-7 countries prevented Japan from expanding loopholes to allow wider use of fossil fuels, the commitments “fall short of the clarion call to action that was needed,” Meyer ...

  • Police investigate explosion at Japanese prime minister's campaign event

    Police investigate explosion at Japanese prime minister's campaign event

    Apr 15, 2023 05:46 PM EDT

    ... Nara. Amid a national outcry, police have tightened their protective measures following a subsequent investigation that found holes in Abe’s security. WATCH: Assassination of Japan’s former PM Shinzo Abe sends shock waves across the world Security has been also ramped up in Japan as senior diplomats from some ...

  • North Korea launches new type of missile, sparks evacuation confusion in Japan

    North Korea launches new type of missile, sparks evacuation confusion in Japan

    Apr 13, 2023 01:44 PM EDT

    ... has launched about 100 missiles since the start of 2022, many of them nuclear-capable weapons that place the U.S. mainland, South Korea or Japan within striking distance. The North’s testing spree is largely in protest of South Korean-U.S. military drills that it views as a ...

  • Japanese military searching for crashed helicopter carrying 10 crew

    Japanese military searching for crashed helicopter carrying 10 crew

    Apr 06, 2023 02:39 PM EDT

    ... the area, about 1,800 kilometers (1,120 miles) southwest of Tokyo, he said. The government is aggressively building up its defense capability in southwestern Japan in response to China's increasingly assertive military activity in the region, including Taiwan. Kyodo News said Japanese coast guard ships also found traces ...

  • In a storybook ending, Ohtani strikes out Trout at World Baseball Classic for Japanese championship

    In a storybook ending, Ohtani strikes out Trout at World Baseball Classic for Japanese championship

    Mar 22, 2023 03:42 PM EDT

    Okamoto boosted the lead in the fourth when he sent a flat slider from Kyle Freeland over the wall in left-center for another solo homer. Kyle Schwarber pulled the Americans within a run when he went deep in the eighth off Yu Darvish. Ohtani was Japan's designated hitter ...

  • Japan's prime minister offers Ukraine support as China's president backs Russia

    Japan's prime minister offers Ukraine support as China's president backs Russia

    Mar 21, 2023 05:56 PM EDT

    ... Kishida, Japan’s first postwar leader to enter a war zone, was invited by Zelenskyy in January to visit Kyiv.Due to its pacifist principles, Japan’s support for Ukraine has been limited to equipment such as helmets, bulletproof vests and drones, and humanitarian supplies including generators. Japan has contributed ...

  • Leaders of Japan, Germany agree to increase economic, defense cooperation

    Leaders of Japan, Germany agree to increase economic, defense cooperation

    Mar 18, 2023 04:27 PM EDT

    ... exercises. They also agreed to seek a legal framework to facilitate increased joint defense activities, as well as cooperation in defense equipment and technology, the Japanese Defense Ministry said in a statement. Japan, noting growing threats from China and North Korea, has been expanding military cooperation beyond its main ally ...

  • Japanese LGBTQ groups demand the country adopt equal rights law by G-7 summit

    Japanese LGBTQ groups demand the country adopt equal rights law by G-7 summit

    Feb 07, 2023 08:13 PM EDT

    ... Japan is a country that does not care about the rights of sexual minorities," said Takako Uesugi, a lawyer and director of Marriage For All Japan, an organization campaigning for the legalization of same-sex marriage. Noting that Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven advanced industrialized ...

  • U.S. and Japan boost cooperation as Marines adapt controversial plan to counter China

    U.S. and Japan boost cooperation as Marines adapt controversial plan to counter China

    Jan 13, 2023 11:35 PM EDT

    At the White House, President Biden welcomed the prime minister of Japan as he ended a tour of top industrial and military allies. Japan, like many nations in Asia and beyond, is wary of a rising China. The two leaders pledged to work closely together on military matters, which includes the remaking of a fabled...

  • WATCH: U.S. fully committed to U.S.-Japan alliance, Biden tells PM Kishida

    WATCH: U.S. fully committed to U.S.-Japan alliance, Biden tells PM Kishida

    Jan 13, 2023 07:17 PM EDT

    ... States is fully, thoroughly, completely committed to the alliance and more importantly, to Japan's defense," Biden said. WATCH LIVE: White House holds briefing amid Japanese PM visit, special counsel appointment The two administrations were also ready to seal an agreement to bolster U.S.-Japanese cooperation on space with ...