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Putin's foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told Russian news agencies at the end of the talks that Putin and Abe did not discuss what could be done to get North Korea to drop its nuclear program. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called on North Korea and other countries to avoid behavior or rhetoric that could increase tensions around Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Speaking at a news conference in ... ( read original story ...)

Reporters Without Borders has criticized Japanese media outlets’ self-censorship and surrender of their independence. Last year, three TV news anchors who had been critical of Abe’s government stepped down. In the same year, the watchdog downgraded ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and China are planning to discuss financial issues on May 7 in Yokohama in the first session of the bilateral dialogue in nearly two years, sources said Wednesday, reflecting a recent thaw in relations. Finance Minister Taro Aso and his Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

PARIS--Japan slipped into last place for press freedom among the ... Under the heading “The threat from Shinzo Abe,” the RSF mentioned the replacements of popular TV news anchors who were critical of the Abe administration. The report said there ... ( read original story ...)

April 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called on North Korea and other countries to avoid behaviour or rhetoric that could increase tensions around Pyongyang's nuclear programme. Speaking at a news ... ( read original story ...)

A number of Japanese banks are reportedly set to test domestic fund transfers using digital currencies over a blockchain as a low-cost alternative to traditional money transfers. According to a Thursday report by Nikkei, Japan’s most prominent financial ... ( read original story ...)

Release date- 26042017 - Toulouse, - Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd. (JAC) performed its first ATR 42-600 flight today. JAC's flight 3741 departed from Kagoshima at 8:50 am (local time) for a 40-minute flight to Yakushima. The aircraft then performed three ... ( read original story ...)

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Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that it will dissolve its subsidiary, Yokohama Motorsports International Co., Ltd. (YMI), dedicated to motorsports activities effective on June 30, 2017, and transfer the subsidiary's operations to a new ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — With just over three years to go, sports administrators from around the world are already visiting Tokyo to check on the city's Olympic preparations for the 2020 Games. While Tokyo has had to overcome some initial setbacks, such as the delay of ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK, NY – SAPPORO U.S.A., brewer of premium lagers sold in the United States for more than 50 years, has named Yoshihito Kuzuhara as its President. Kuzuhara will oversee the company’s management and product operations in addition to supporting ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan Engineering District (JED) is providing a PRE-SOLICITATION notice for an upcoming Invitation for Bid (IFB) entitled: Yokohama North Dock Maintenance Dredging, Yokohama, Japan. The subject requirement will only be ... ( read original story ...)

Imamura resigned over his remark that "it was good" that the March 2011 quake and tsunami had hit northern Japan instead of areas closer to Tokyo. Abe accepted Imamura's resignation. (Toshiyuki Matsumoto/Kyodo News via AP) "It was good that (the disaster ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese cabinet minister is set to resign after saying it was better that the northeast of the country was hit by the 2011 earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster, and not Tokyo. Masahiro Imamura leads the reconstruction of the affected Tohoku region. ( read original story ...)

Japanese civilians have been told to expect a mere ten-minute warning if North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un launches a nuclear attack. Tokyo officials are advising people to seek shelter underground or in a strong concrete building in the event of a North ... ( read original story ...)