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Japan had never beaten Australia in a World Cup qualifier in seven previous attempts but the Socceroos -- bidding to reach their fourth straight finals and fifth overall -- rarely threatened in a disjointed performance. Saitama: Takuma Asano and Yosuke ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's defense ministry on Thursday sought $160 million in a record budget request to develop swift, longer-range missiles to extend its military punch in East Asia, countering growing Chinese strength and an increasing North Korean threat. ( read original story ...)

Despite the economic success in Japan, Mrs May was slammed at home today for 'swanning around' the Far East while the Brexit talks stalled. Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary said the PM should not be 'eating cakes and drinking sake'. He told Sky News ... ( read original story ...)

The victory means Japan now join the already qualified Brazil and Iran ... Visit cnn.com/football for more news and videos South Korea next play fourth-place Uzbekistan -- who are level with Syria in the group on 12 points, though they have an inferior ... ( read original story ...)

"We think Japan is obliged to explain its real intention to the international community," Hua Chunying, China's foreign ministry spokeswoman, told a regular news conference. Japan has criticized Beijing over its military spending and assertive maritime ... ( read original story ...)

She and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke at a news conference after the two met on the second day of her three-day visit to Japan. Abe called the launching of a North Korean missile over Japan earlier this week an unprecedented and outrageous act. ( read original story ...)

Aston Martin has announced a £500m trade and investment deal between the United Kingdom and Japan. The luxury car brand said on Wednesday it would step up its exports to Japan, open a number of new offices next year and expand its dealer network. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that it has begun supplying its 'GEOLANDAR G055' as original equipment for FCA US LLC all-new Jeep® Compass, which went on sale in North America in June 2017. The new Compass will come factory-equipped ... ( read original story ...)

Within seconds, a bing, bing, bing of the cell phone also alerted him to approaching danger. A North Korean missile was flying over Japan. The Edmonton-born musician and his wife Eiko were directly in the flight path. "On Tuesday morning, there was a siren ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's deputy prime minister on Wednesday retracted a comment made a day earlier that seemed to suggest that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had good intentions. Taro Aso was speaking at a seminar for his faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)

The North's leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered the missile drill to be conducted for the first time from its capital, Pyongyang, and said it was necessary to undertake more exercises with the Pacific as the target, the North's KCNA news agency said. "The current ... ( read original story ...)

Amanda Harlow, who lives in the nearby city of Sapporo, was watching television with her partner when they received the same message on their phones, then over the news. "We just looked at each other and thought 'what do we do?' "Our nearest possible ... ( read original story ...)

A note was found in her bags at the hotel in Sapporo thanking her family for raising her, but telling them she wanted to make a fresh start, according to Chinese media reports. Wei’s letter expressed suicidal thoughts, according to the Japanese news ... ( read original story ...)

By Adam Frisk National Online Journalist, Breaking News Global News Shortly after North Korea launched another missile towards Japan, residents were awakened to blaring sirens, emergency text messages and instructions broadcast over loudspeakers ... ( read original story ...)

"When we were little, we would come to the U.S. Open every year. And even to practise, sometimes I would play here," the 19-year-old Osaka, who has dual nationality, told a news conference. "So the site feels really familiar to me... It's nostalgic every ... ( read original story ...)

The greatest thud of the day came when the defending women's champion Angelique Kerber fell, 6-3, 6-1, to Naomi Osaka, a 19-year-old who spent part of her childhood on Long Island. Kerber will continue her tumble out of the top 10 in the rankings ... ( read original story ...)