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Abe is also highlighting his call to revise the post-war constitution to further legitimize Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF), as its military is known. "We have pledged in our party platform to ... ( read original story ...)

Yonhap News reported, citing a government official. The U.S. helped broker the 1965 treaty establishing ties between Japan and South Korea that included a payment from Tokyo of about $300 million ... ( read original story ...)

“We can play an honest broker in the Middle East, as we have no colonial history or negative footprint in the region,” he told Arab News in a wide-ranging interview at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese authorities on Wednesday directed more than 1 million residents in parts of the southern main island of Kyushu to evacuate to designated shelters as heavy rains batter the region, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s southern city of Kagoshima on Wednesday ordered its nearly 600,000 residents to take shelter in evacuation centres and other safe areas as torrential rains threatened landslides and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that Japan cannot give South Korean exports preferential treatment because the country is not abiding by an agreement regarding wartime issues that ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - With the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics a little over a year away, the National Stadium, set to be the centerpiece of the Games, is 90% completed and will open its doors for the ... ( read original story ...)

For the latest industry news and new home data ... delegation visited Tokyo and came away with quite a few impressions. The population of the city of Tokyo is just shy of 10 million people ... ( read original story ...)

"Can I leave?'' Osaka asked the news conference moderator to her left. "I feel like I'm about to cry.'' And that was that. Osaka walked out. On a wild Day 1 at the All England Club, No. 2 Osaka ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan has defended its decision to impose export restrictions on South Korea, citing national security concerns and its obligation as part of the international community to keep tabs on ... ( read original story ...)

"Can I leave?" Osaka asked the news conference moderator to her left. "I feel like I'm about to cry." And that was that. Osaka walked out. On a wild Day 1 at the All England Club, No. 2 Osaka was ... ( read original story ...)

No. 2 seed Naomi Osaka made a first-round exit from Wimbledon, losing to unseeded Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in straight sets on Monday. Putintseva, the No. 39-ranked player in the world ... ( read original story ...)

LONDON (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka knows the secret to her meteoric rise to the tennis ... tournament’s first major shock and she was left close to tears in an emotional news conference as she tried to ... ( read original story ...)

McBean was named Canada’s chef de mission for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games on Monday as part of the Canada Day festivities at Parliament Hill. A three-time Olympic medallist in rowing ... ( read original story ...)

in Japanese coastal waters. According to Agence France-Presse news agency, five vessels from whaling communities left a port in Kushiro with their harpoons. Photos later showed a boat returning with a ... ( read original story ...)

For the second consecutive year, Yokohama Tire and Porsche Motorsport North America are teaming up for another run in the “Race to the Clouds.” Yokohama is the sponsor and exclusive tire supplier for ... ( read original story ...)