Japan

Beijing blasts Japan ahead of legislative session

2 Mar 2013

China has issued another scathing attack on Japan over an islands dispute, just days ahead of the opening of the Chinese national legislature’s annual session.

China's dream of rebirth

2 Mar 2013

In a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington recently, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe informed the audience of officials, experts and journalists that Japan...

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Tuna collapse fears fail to curb Japan’s appetite

28 Feb 2013

It is the king of sushi, one of the most expensive fish in the world - and dwindling so rapidly that some fear it could vanish from restaurant menus within a generation.

Next foreign minister for China tipped to be Japan expert Wang Yi

28 Feb 2013

China is likely to appoint an expert on Japan and North Korea as its next foreign minister, three independent sources said, in a measure of Beijing's resolve to improve difficult relationships...

125,000 lethal doses of cyanide spilled in Japan

27 Feb 2013

The equivalent of 125,000 lethal doses of cyanide leaked from a factory in Japan after a snowplough accident, a plant operator said on Wednesday.

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Abe says Japan won’t 'tolerate' China's island challenge

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed on Saturday that he would not “tolerate” any challenge to control over contested islands - after China’s growing incursions into the area.

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Japan seeks firm stance with US against China

Japan’s new conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday opened a visit to the United States in which he hopes to show a firm, unified line to an assertive China and a defiant North Korea....

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LDP charter change will return Japan to pre-war authoritarianism, critics warn

Some of the proposed changes to the constitution, introduced shortly after Imperial Japan was defeated in the second world war, are such an about-face that they indicate a desire to return to a...

JAPAN

Japan's Abe seeks Obama's support in dispute with China

Abe will be keen to get the reassurance of strong US support during a visit to Washington that comes amid an escalating row with China over disputed islands, and in the same month that North Korea...

JAPAN

Japan executes three death-row inmates

Japan said it hanged a child killer and two other convicted murderers on Thursday, its first executions since a conservative government swept to power in landslide elections in December.

WHALING

Sea Shepherd claims Japan whalers rammed protest ships

Sea Shepherd said the Japanese factory boat the Nisshin Maru had deliberately collided with the vessels Steve Irwin and Bob Barker, which were crewed by anti-whaling campaigners.