While governments need to develop coherent frameworks to regulate cryptocurrency, permanent solutions will be found through international co-operation
The issue of women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II is a hugely emotional one that has long marred ties.
Japan’s whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean last month, planning to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month period.
Japan is not training any more astronauts for ISS missions but announced plans earlier this year to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2030.
North Korea’s nuclear programme is "a threat to the civilised world" said Trump on the second day of his Asian tour dominated by the crisis.
Non-smoking employees at a Japanese firm are getting six additional days’ holiday to compensate for the time their colleagues spend smoking at work.
Author Kazuo Ishiguro is the new winner of the Nobel Literature Prize for his renowned novel The Remains of the Day
Relatives can pay their respects to loved ones without leaving the comfort of their cars — an initiative supporting an ‘ultra-aged’ country.
After learning how to snowboard in 14 days, the Sri Lankan woman takes to the steep slopes.
The political power gap created by the US president gives Japan a chance to reimagine itself.
Olympics organisers have called on the Japanese public to donate old smartphones and other electronic devices to make medals for the 2020 Games.
Japanese schoolgirl Rikako Ikee is set to make a big splash in Rio.
And they get prosthetic pinkies to replace the tips of the digits they were forced to cut off.
Yahoo sold sold an estimated 12 tonnes of elephant tusks and fashioned pieces of ivory on its Japanese auction site
Some of the bodies found on mystery vessels are believed to be those of North Korean soldiers.
In the major powers, it’s called quantitative easing. In plain terms, it’s printing money. And Japan’s prime minister has begun doing it in a big way.
The horrors of Japanese camps are being told but nothing is being said of what followed.
As the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II looms, two would-be suicide pilots described how they prepared to die.
Forays from the central bank into the stock market have sparked a boom in Japan’s economy.
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Japan has condemned the beheading of journalist Kenji Goto allegedly by the Islamic State group.
An undated video shows a knife-wielding man holding two men captive, threatening to execute them should Japan not pay a $200-million ransom.
China says there is no proof North Korea was behind the Sony cyber attack, and Pyongyang says it will retaliate against the US mainland if need be.
China is holding a day of remembrance, the first of its kind, for the thousands of people killed during the Nanjing massacre in 1937.
Teams from Japan and Argentina have been approved to join the Super Rugby tournament as of 2016, as well as South African team, the Southern Kings.
The death toll from Japan’s worst volcanic eruption in decades has risen to 48 after additional victims were discovered on the ash-covered summit.
Sean O’ Toole caught up with award-winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito at the world congress of the International Union of Architects in Durban.
Presentations on earthquake readiness and slum settlement solutions at a global architecture congress have highlighted contributions to human dignity.
Côte d’Ivoire has scored two goals in two minutes to beat Asian giants Japan 2-1 in the World Cup tournament.
The US stressed its commitment to the defense of Japan and stability in the Asia-Pacific region against a backdrop of territorial claims by China.
An activist group says Japanese fishermen have finished killing some 250 dolphins in the biggest roundup it has witnessed in the last four years.
Beijing wants all foreign aircraft passing through its "air defence zone" to identify themselves to Chinese authorities.
The US has positioned itself firmly behind Japan, raising its huge and powerful neighbour’s ire.