The attack comes despite the country’s famously low levels of violent crime and tough gun laws
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that military confrontation with Iran will impact global peace and stability, as he visits the Middle East hoping to ease tensions spiked by the US killing of a top Iranian general. His comments came at the start of a five-day Gulf tour that had been thrown into doubt after […]
It’s the latest headache for Japan’s longest-serving premier, who has already weathered two cronyism scandals in recent years
His ruling coalition retained its majority in the upper house in Sunday’s vote for around the half the seats in the chamber
There are signs Japan could be next in the US president’s sights, with the country’s greatest fear being higher tariffs on cars
At least ten people were killed, and hundreds more injured by Typhoon Jebi as it raked through the major manufacturing area around Osaka
The scandal was uncovered by investigators looking into claims the university padded the scores of an education ministry bureaucrat’s son
The rains are the deadliest weather-related disaster in over three decades in Japan
Both main crude oil contracts have been rising in recent weeks on expectations that the president would withdraw from the 2015 pact
The leaders of the two Koreas are at the ‘threshold of a new history’
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.
President Robert Mugabe is on a mission to seek investment in Zimbabwe whilst on a five-day state visit to Japan, amid a deepening economic crisis.
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.
Greece faces a week of urgent diplomacy to free up bailout aid and avert a potential default as world leaders press for a resolution to the standoff.
China is holding a day of remembrance, the first of its kind, for the thousands of people killed during the Nanjing massacre in 1937.
Leaders of China and Japan begin breakthrough talks over regional rivalry and territorial issues that have kept both nations in dispute for years.
Japan pledged African leaders $32-billion on Saturday to help growth on the continent and encourage Japanese firms to invest there.
Japan has carried out three executions since its new prime minister was elected – a sign Tokyo will defy pressure to abolish executions.
Japan has elected Shinzo Abe, a hawkish leader who promised to get tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy, to be their new prime minister.
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/ 23 September 2007
Japan’s ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbours, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive the party’s fortunes and fill a political vacuum. Fukuda will be chosen as prime minister on Tuesday by virtue of the ruling camp’s huge majority in Parliament’s Lower House.
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/ 14 September 2007
Japan’s political crisis deepened when the Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was admitted to hospital suffering from exhaustion less than 24 hours after suddenly announcing his resignation. Abe (52) was seen by a doctor on Thursday morning after feeling unwell and was admitted to Keio hospital in Tokyo later in the day.
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/ 12 September 2007
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation on Wednesday after a year in power dogged by scandals, an election rout and a crisis over Japan’s support for United States-led operations in Afghanistan. The hawkish Abe, who took office promising to boost Japan’s global security profile, had seen his clout dwindle.
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/ 12 September 2007
The dollar plunged to a record low against the euro on Wednesday as an expected interest-rate cut next week from the Federal Reserve has dampened the United States currency’s appeal. The dollar also dropped to a fresh 15-year trough against a basket of currencies.
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/ 8 September 2007
Osama bin Laden said in a new video marking the sixth anniversary of al-Qaeda’s September 11 attacks that the United States was vulnerable despite its military and economic power, but he made no specific threats. The al-Qaeda leader said US President George Bush was repeating the mistakes of the former Soviet Union by refusing to acknowledge losses in Iraq.
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/ 3 September 2007
United States President George Bush hopes to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on climate change at this week’s Asia-Pacific summit but the Iraq debate at home looms as a distraction. Bush will meet in Sydney with the leaders of Australia, China, Japan, Russia and other members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum.