Kyodo

China has stepped up its arrest of foreign nationals on spying charges since 2014. Photo: Shutterstock

Diplomacy

Japanese woman jailed for six years in China for spying

8 Dec 2018 - 10:05pm 15

Taiwan’s government watchdog released a report saying Taipei needs to provide more information regarding the safety of Japanese food products currently subject to an import ban. Photo: EPA

Politics

Watchdog slams Taiwan’s lack of transparency on Japanese food ban

8 Dec 2018 - 10:52pm 1

An Indonesian worker moving copper tubes at a factory in Oizumi, Gunma prefecture. Photo: AFP

East Asia

Japan set to pass controversial bill to allow for more foreign workers

7 Dec 2018 - 8:41pm

A copy of the The Japan Times. The newspaper has issued a statement that its editorial policy remains the same despite its recent change in descriptions of wartime comfort women. Photo: Tim Noonan

East Asia

Japan Times denies changing editorial policy to meet Abe’s wartime stance

7 Dec 2018 - 10:53pm 1

Actress Sandra Oh, a ‘Korean-Canadian Los Angeleno’, will be Golden Globes’ first Asian host

United States & Canada

‘Korean-Canadian Los Angeleno’ will be Golden Globes’ first Asian host

7 Dec 2018 - 4:11am

Privatisation of water supply businesses has often led to higher bills and poorer water quality. Photo: EPA

East Asia

Is Japan opening the door to water supply services being privatised?

6 Dec 2018 - 7:39pm

Chinese workers unloading used plastic bottles for recycling at a plastic material factory in 2010. Photo: AFP China Xtra

Politics

China’s plastic waste import ban forcing US, Japan to rethink options

30 Nov 2018 - 8:36pm 19

A Japanese businessman takes a nap. Photo: AFP

East Asia

Need a nap at work? Some Japanese firms say that’s no problem

22 Nov 2018 - 3:33pm 2

A school student reacts while being vaccinated against the Rubella. Rubella infections are spreading across Japan, raising concern that a potentially long-term epidemic could sap travel demand ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Photo: EPA

East Asia

Rubella spreading across Japan, raising concern before Tokyo Games

19 Nov 2018 - 9:21pm

A bed for retraining psychiatric patients. Photo: Shutterstock

East Asia

Nearly half of dementia patients restrained in Japan’s hospitals, study finds

18 Nov 2018 - 8:25pm

Young Kim, who was born in South Korea and raised in Guam, ran on a platform of representing small business owners and largely avoided mentioning her party’s leader, President Donald Trump, during her campaign. Photo: EPA

United States & Canada

Korean-American narrowly misses historic election for US Congress

18 Nov 2018 - 12:25pm 3

A ‘festival’ in Laos featured on Japanese television show Sekai No Hate Made Itte Q. Photo: handout

East Asia

Top Japanese TV variety show ‘made up’ foreign festival content

17 Nov 2018 - 11:13am

A November 1, 2018 photo of reclamation work resuming in Okinawa for the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Okinawa rejects government request over US base transfer

10 Nov 2018 - 10:03pm 3

The Diaoyu Islands – which Tokyo calls the Senkaku Islands – a disputed chain in the East China Sea. File photo: AP

East Asia

Japan and US plan joint armed forces response to Chinese threat to islands

4 Nov 2018 - 10:40pm 68

File photo of a Japan Airlines jet. Photo: Bloomberg

East Asia

Japan Airlines pilot arrested in UK for drinking before flight

1 Nov 2018 - 7:38pm

The government is aiming to slash the proportion of employees working more than 60 hours per week to maximum 5 per cent by 2020. Photo: AP

East Asia

Japanese schoolteachers work more than 11 hours a day

30 Oct 2018 - 8:35pm

Tanks on parade during the annual Self-Defence Forces ceremony at Asaka Base in Asaka, north of Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Southeast Asia

Tokyo to invite Asean air force officers to watch Japan’s military training

20 Oct 2018 - 2:47pm

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: AP

East Asia

Intelligence meetings may be paving the way for Abe-Kim summit

19 Oct 2018 - 12:43pm

Tourists in the Ginza shopping area of Japan. Photo: AFP

East Asia

Chinese tourists will be first in line for Japan’s electronic visas

14 Oct 2018 - 10:09pm 2

First Lieutenant Misa Matsushima of the Japan Air Self Defence Force poses in the cockpit of an F-15J air superiority fighter at Nyutabaru airbase. Photo: AFP

East Asia

The women who defend Japan are breaking more than sound barriers

14 Oct 2018 - 10:09pm 3

Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after their joint press conference in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Japan and Vietnam join hands over disputed South China Sea

8 Oct 2018 - 10:35pm 33

Evacuees at a gymnasium of junior school, acting as an evacuation shelter, during blackout after an earthquake hit the area in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Photo: Reuters

East Asia

Why Japanese are stocking up on hand-cranked radios and batteries

8 Oct 2018 - 10:00pm 1

Harumafuji (left) and Takanoiwa facing off in the ring. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Former sumo champion sued for assaulting fellow wrestler

5 Oct 2018 - 10:38am

Denny Tamaki, who won the Okinawa gubernatorial election with his anti-US base policy pledge, waves to his supporters. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Why this man’s victory could weaken PM Abe’s grip on power

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm 1

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (left) speaking to reporters in New York. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Japanese, North Korean foreign ministers hold first talks in three years

27 Sep 2018 - 10:00pm

Hitomi Yoshizawa, a former member of the J-pop all-girl idol group Morning Musume, leaves Nakano police station in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2018. She was arrested for injuring two people while driving under the influence of alcohol in an alleged hit-and-run incident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

East Asia

Ex-Morning Musume idol indicted over ‘drunken hit-and-run incident’

26 Sep 2018 - 8:50pm

While US president has directed his fury on China, he has frequently complained about a deficit with Japan

Diplomacy

Japan PM talks up trade at UN ahead of Trump meeting

26 Sep 2018 - 10:55am

A coin locker near JR Uguisudani Station, where the decaying body of an infant wrapped in a plastic bag was found. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Mother arrested after leaving baby’s body in coin locker for years

25 Sep 2018 - 1:10pm

A cafe will open in Tokyo’s Akasaka district in November featuring robot waiters remotely controlled from home by people with severe physical disabilities. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Tokyo cafe to be staffed by robot waiters controlled remotely by disabled

22 Sep 2018 - 10:09pm

The drills may be seen as a challenge to China, which declares sovereignty over most of the South China Sea

East Asia

Japan denies submarine drill in South China Sea is a warning to Beijing

18 Sep 2018 - 9:26pm 7

Her performances as both a singer and dancer captivated fans in Japan and elsewhere in Asia

East Asia

One of Asia’s biggest pop stars has given her final performance

16 Sep 2018 - 10:21pm 2

Women take a photograph in front of a giant lantern in Tokyo. Photo: Bloomberg

East Asia

How Japan is unprepared to help foreigners during disasters

12 Sep 2018 - 10:50pm 1

People wait for food at a shelter in Atsuma, Japan. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Sudden jolt of cold weather puts Japan quake survivors at risk

11 Sep 2018 - 2:26pm

The Philippine Congress. Photo: AFP

Southeast Asia

Proposed Philippine tax reforms prompt Japanese firms to issue warning

11 Sep 2018 - 10:02am

Takahiro Shiraishi was charged with nine counts of murder on Monday. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Japan’s ‘Twitter killer’ charged with nine counts of murder

10 Sep 2018 - 9:55pm

People protest against plans to build a new US base in Okinawa. Photo: AFP

East Asia

Bad news for proponents of US military base transfer in Okinawa

10 Sep 2018 - 9:55pm 2

Only one of the two runways is currently in operation, with the other flooded by Typhoon Jebi

East Asia

Typhoon-hit Kansai airport resumes some international flights

8 Sep 2018 - 5:05pm

Passengers stranded at the Kansai International Airport. Photo: AFP

East Asia

Kansai airport resumes domestic flights, international flights uncertain

7 Sep 2018 - 10:29am

Passengers stranded overnight at the Kansai International Airport due to typhoon Jebi wait for transport out of the airport on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

East Asia

Hope for stranded travellers as Kansai set to resume domestic flights

6 Sep 2018 - 11:54am

Japan is in the midst of a dangerous heatwave that killed 133 people in July, a record for a single month. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Fifth patient dies after air conditioning fails at hospital in Japan

29 Aug 2018 - 9:43am

Japan is looking to draw foreigners not just as tourists, but as blue-collar workers as well. Photo: Alamy

East Asia

Japan to set up immigration agency to cope with influx of foreigners

28 Aug 2018 - 8:23am

North Korea expelled a Japanese tourist. Photo: Shutterstock

East Asia

Japanese tourist expelled from North Korea for ‘crimes’ now in China

27 Aug 2018 - 10:03pm

Hoang Van Hiep: ‘All I want is just to live with my wife and son’. Photo: Kyodo

East Asia

Japan government separated families by deporting 47 foreigners

26 Aug 2018 - 9:09pm 2

Downpours cause power outages affecting about 138,000 households in central and western Japan and grounded 60 flights to and from Osaka and Aichi prefectures

East Asia

Typhoon leaves damage in western Japan, heads for Hokkaido

24 Aug 2018 - 10:22pm

This satellite image from August 3 shows facilities being dismantled at the Sohae satellite launch site. The group 38 North believes the activity has stopped. Image: EPA

East Asia

North Korea not living up to its summit promise: US group

23 Aug 2018 - 9:35am 6

Shinzo Abe (right) and Shigeru Ishiba in parliament. Photo: AFP

East Asia

Japan’s Abe faces a leadership challenge from long-shot contender

21 Aug 2018 - 12:16pm

A woman struggles as a typhoon approaches Tokyo earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

East Asia

Typhoons approach Japan bringing high waves, strong winds

21 Aug 2018 - 11:14am