• WATCH: U.S., Japan sign space cooperation agreement

    WATCH: U.S., Japan sign space cooperation agreement

    Jan 13, 2023 06:09 PM EDT

    On a day when President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held wide-ranging talks at the White House, the two administrations also sealed an agreement to bolster U.S.-Japanese cooperation on space with a signing ceremony at NASA's Washington headquarters. Watch the event in the ...

  • Suspect formally charged for assassinating Japan's Abe

    Suspect formally charged for assassinating Japan's Abe

    Jan 13, 2023 03:39 PM EDT

    ... violence that resulted in the death of former Prime Minister Abe,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said in response to Yamagami’s indictment. He said Japan will ensure the safety of dignitaries and political leaders with the summit of the Group of Seven nations and nationwide local elections coming in ...

  • U.S., Japan plan to boost defense cooperation

    U.S., Japan plan to boost defense cooperation

    Jan 12, 2023 01:57 AM EDT

    ... In their talks on Friday, Biden is expected to raise with Kishida the case of Lt. Ridge Alkonis, a U.S. Navy officer deployed to Japan who has been jailed after pleading guilty last year to the negligent driving deaths of two Japanese citizens in May 2021, according to the ...

  • UK, Japan sign defense agreement amid rising concerns about China

    UK, Japan sign defense agreement amid rising concerns about China

    Jan 11, 2023 07:17 PM EDT

    ... viewed Japanese armor presented to King James in 1613 by Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada of Japan to mark the first-ever trade agreement between England and Japan. Japan has joined Western nations in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and imposing sanctions against Moscow. Japan also has supplied Ukraine with helmets ...

  • China halts visas for Japan, South Korea following virus testing on Chinese travelers

    China halts visas for Japan, South Korea following virus testing on Chinese travelers

    Jan 10, 2023 05:06 PM EDT

    Chinese embassies suspended issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 testing requirements recently imposed by those countries on travelers from China.

  • Japan PM dismisses 4th minister in 2 months to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet

    Japan PM dismisses 4th minister in 2 months to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet

    Dec 27, 2022 10:46 PM EDT

    TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday dismissed his fourth minister in two months to patch a scandal-tainted Cabinet that has raised questions over his judgment of staff credentials. Kenya Akiba, minister in charge of reconstruction of Fukushima and other disaster-hit areas, has faced allegations ...

  • Japan to require COVID testing for all visitors from China

    Japan to require COVID testing for all visitors from China

    Dec 27, 2022 08:39 PM EDT

    ... movement of people, Kishida said. Japan will act flexibly while watching the development in China, he added, including halting the planned increase of flights between Japan and China “just to be safe." Direct flights between the two countries will be limited to four major Japanese airports for the time being ...

  • News Wrap: Japan grapples with massive snowstorm

    News Wrap: Japan grapples with massive snowstorm

    Dec 26, 2022 11:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, Japan is grappling with a massive snowstorm that blanketed the country's northern coastal regions, South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean drones violated its airspace for the first time in five years and Ukraine's foreign minister said his government is ...

  • Heavy snow in Japan leaves 17 dead, more than 90 injured

    Heavy snow in Japan leaves 17 dead, more than 90 injured

    Dec 26, 2022 03:28 PM EDT

    ... New Year's celebration meals, said there have been delivery delays and their mochi may not reach their customers in time. Many parts of northeastern Japan reported three times their average snowfall for the season. Heavy snow knocked down an electric power transmission tower in Japan's northernmost main island ...

  • North Korea fires 2 missiles capable of reaching Japan in possible response to Tokyo's new security strategy

    North Korea fires 2 missiles capable of reaching Japan in possible response to Tokyo's new security strategy

    Dec 18, 2022 03:41 PM EDT

    ... The Japanese strategy names China as “the biggest strategic challenge” — before North Korea and Russia — to Japan’s efforts to ensure peace, safety and stability. Japan’s Defense Ministry said Sunday it detected a fleet of five Chinese warships including an aircraft carrier off the southern Japanese island of Okidaitojima ...