North Korea has fired a short-range missile towards the sea off its east coast early on Tuesday, said South Korea's military. It happened at nearly the same moment its U.N. diplomat was decrying the U.S.’s …
Japan is considering banning all spectators from the Olympics, several sources told Reuters on Wednesday, with authorities expected to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo to contain coronavirus infections 16 days before the Games begin
Aging, shrinking, its top position reserved exclusively for men – Japan’s monarchy is a neat microcosm of society as a whole, The Diplomat writes. Under current conditions, only men of the male line may ascend to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he would probably invite U.S. President Joe Biden to the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo this summer, domestic media said, citing comments in a parliament session. "It’s …
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is hoping that his successor Yoshihide Suga will be able to boost talks with Russia to resolve the peace treaty issue, he said in an interview with Yomiuri Shimbun published Wednesday. …
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he and U.S. President Donald Trump had held their first telephone conversation on Sunday since Suga took over as Japan’s new leader. Suga on Wednesday became Japan’s first new …
Japan's parliament has elected Yoshihide Suga as the country's new prime minister, following the surprise resignation of Shinzo Abe, BBC reports. After winning the leadership of the governing party earlier this week, …
Yoshihide Suga, the chief Cabinet secretary, won by a landslide in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election Monday, becoming the presumptive successor to Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, The Japan Times reports. Suga …
The race is on to pick Japan’s new prime minister - the man who will succeed the conservative leader
Japan is preparing to host the Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020 as planned, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said,. He made the comment on Wednesday at a regular news conference amid speculation the Games could be …
Japan weighs sending troops to the Middle East to protect commercial vessels
Japan will play a constructive role for the Middle East region's stability, but Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not specifically mediate between Iran and the United States, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary …
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Iran on June 12-14 and hold talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani, Japan’s top government spokesman, …
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes that his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, scheduled to take place on January 22, will be frank, as Abe himself said before departing for Moscow from Tokyo. …
The Japanese government officially confirmed that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia on January 21-22, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. "On January 21-24, Prime Minister Abe will visit Russia …
US President Donald Trump said that the U.S.-North Korea summit has reduced the risk of "potential Nuclear catastrophe" and thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for meeting with him. …
Japan's Cabinet decided to hold the G20 Osaka summit on June 28-29, 2019, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. "We studied the schedule of meetings and major events at the …
Japan's government has picked the western city of Osaka to host the G20 summit in 2019, Osaka Prefecture official, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. The choice of Osaka, Japan’s second-largest …
As Koreas agree to talk, China ups pressure on the North
North Korea's latest missile launch appears to have ended in failure, Seoul's Defense Ministry said in a statement. The North fired a missile from the eastern coastal town of Wonsan on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a …
