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He told a news conference that Manila would respect treaty obligations as long as mutual interests converged. Japan and the Philippines also signed notes on two yen loan projects worth up to 21.4 billion yen ($205 million), including one to build two ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Senior officials from Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed Thursday to step up pressure on North Korea as they stick to their goal of persuading the communist state to abandon its nuclear weapons. Their pledge comes just two days after U ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - The younger brother of former Japanese Emperor Hirohito died Thursday at the age of 100. The Imperial Household Agency announced that Prince Mikasa had died in the morning at a hospital in Tokyo. Japanese media reports say he had been hospitalized ... ( read original story ...)

Australian motorcycling great Wayne Gardner remains behind bars in Japan, 12 days after being detained for allegedly assaulting three men in a road rage incident. The 57-year-old was reportedly involved in a minor car accident and scuffle in Motegi on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — The leaders of Japan and the Philippines agreed Wednesday to co-operate in promoting regional peace and stability and endorsed Japan's provision of patrol boats and military training aircraft to bolster Philippine maritime security, without ... ( read original story ...)

PORTOROž (SLOVENIA) - Japan pleaded with the world's whaling watchdog Wednesday to allow small hunts by coastal communities, arguing that for three decades these groups had been unjustly barred from a traditional source of food. The issue of "small type ... ( read original story ...)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sought to assure Japan his high-profile visit to rival China last week was only about economics, but had harsh words for Washington, threatening to repeal defence treaties. The volatile Philippine leader's visit to ... ( read original story ...)

The fresh broadside from Duterte came as he was about to board a plane for an official visit to fellow US ally Japan, a big investor in the Philippines that is becoming nervous about its apparent pivot towards rival power China. The volatile, crime-busting ... ( read original story ...)

The latest South China Sea news highlights Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to Japan after his headline-grabbing visit in China. He is in Japan for a three-day visit and it is expected that his anti-US rhetoric will be a key issue. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan should consider more government spending to maximise the impact of monetary policy, an adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday, indicating a shift in emphasis to fiscal from monetary policy. Koichi Hamada, long known ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sought to assure Japan on Tuesday that his high-profile visit to rival China last week was only about economics, but had more harsh words for long-time ally Washington, saying he might abrogate defence treaties. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s population stood at 127,094,745 as of Oct. 1, 2015, the final results of the census showed Wednesday, down 0.8 percent from the previous census five years earlier and marking the first decline since the survey began in 1920. Of the total ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – A 35-year-old Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, man and his 32-year-old wife were arrested on suspicion of unlawfully receiving child care allowances for a boy who was last seen about three years ago and would be 4 now, investigators said Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: The 29 th Tokyo International film festival has kicked off with a red carpet reception that saw a mix of Asian stars and filmmakers gather alongside Hollywood legend Meryl Streep and Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe. The Japanese Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, speaking in a country that hosts 50,000 U.S. troops, said Wednesday that he wants his country to be free of foreign troops, possibly within two years. "I want to be friends to China," he told an audience of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Shares fell broadly in Asia on Wednesday after a gloomy session on Wall Street, where shares of household names like appliance maker Whirlpool and athletic apparel maker Under Armour suffered their worst declines in years. Weaker oil prices also ... ( read original story ...)