The Japanese government has reacted angrily after the Russian authorities bound and blindfolded one of its diplomats for allegedly spying in the eastern city of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan holds state funeral for Abe in shadow of protesters
Several world leaders gathered in Japan for the state funeral of former Japanese President Shinzo Abe and protesters demonstrated a short distance away. ( read original story ...)
Japan holds a divisive state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Japan's former leader Shinzo Abe was honored at a rare and divisive state funeral Tuesday that deeply split public opinion and that drew angry protests. ( read original story ...)
Japanese former leader Abe honored at divisive state funeral
Japan’s assassinated hawkish former leader, Shinzo Abe, has been honored by a rare and divisive state funeral that was full of militaristic pomp and surrounded by throngs of mourners as well as by wid ... ( read original story ...)
Third Japanese company identified in bribery scandal involving former member of Tokyo Olympics organizing committee
Tokyo officials have identified a third Japan sponsor, Daiko Advertising, Inc., that they believe may have been part of a bribery scandal involving a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. ( read original story ...)
Abe’s militaristic funeral captures Japan’s tense mood
The leadup to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's controversial state funeral could seem like a never-ending exchange of heated words — both for and against. But it was the images of Tuesday’s ... ( read original story ...)
Russia Violated Treaty After ‘Coercive Interrogation’ of Diplomat—Japan
Japan's consul in Vladivostok, in Russia's far east, was detained on suspicion of espionage, Moscow's security service said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japan demands apology from Russia after diplomat allegedly blindfolded and interrogated
Japan is demanding a formal apology from Russia after Federal Security Service (FSB) agents allegedly blindfolded and interrogated a Japanese diplomat, before giving him 48 hours to leave the country. ( read original story ...)
Japan bids farewell to Abe
STORY: Japan honored slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday with the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 year.A ceremony that has become as divisive as he was in life. Abe’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan holds state funeral for slain former PM Abe
Japan held a rare state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, but the event has split public opinion. ( read original story ...)
Japan says Russia ‘blindfolded and restrained’ its consul in Vladivostok
Japan has accused Russia's security services of blindfolding and restraining one of its diplomats in the eastern city of. Motoki Tatsunori, its consul in the city, was freed from custody on Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Shinzo Abe: A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM
In a black kimono Shinzo Abe's widow Akie walked slowly, carrying her husband's ashes in a silk-covered funeral urn. She placed it on a wide altar covered in white chrysanthemums. Above it hung a huge ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics bribery arrests widens to third Japan sponsor
Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member ensnared a third company that sponsored the Games, as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi for the ... ( read original story ...)
Putin’s Security Agency Detains Japanese Diplomat For Spying: Tokyo Says ‘Needs To Take Equivalent Steps’
Russia's principal security agency on Monday detained a Japanese diplomat in Vladivostok for suspected espionage, drawing a "strong protest" from Tokyo. What Happened: The Federal Security Service ... ( read original story ...)
Protesters march on Japan’s parliament to criticise Shinzo Abe’s state funeral
Demonstrators marched on Japan’s parliament on Tuesday to protest against the state funeral of Shinzo Abe, while tens of thousands of supporters queued nearby to honour one of the country’s most ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s former leader Abe honored at divisive state funeral
Japan's hawkish former leader Shinzo Abe was honored by a rare and divisive state funeral Tuesday that was full of militaristic presentation like soldiers carrying his ashes in a box brought by his ... ( read original story ...)