Actor Gerard Butler attends the premiere for the film “P.S. I Love you” in Tokyo, Japan, on September 10, 2008. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori) …
JAPAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS AT THE UN
Nobutaka Machimura, Japan’s minister of foreign affairs,speaks at the 60th General Assembly held at the United Nations on September 14, 2005 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff) …
Japan to continue supporting Bangladesh’s development
The Japanese envoy expressed his keenness to work further on improving the business environment here to make the trade and investment between Japan and Bangladesh more robust …
A Famed Horror Director Mines Japan’s Real-Life Atrocities
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest movie, which recently won him the award for best director at the Venice Film Festival, is a thriller animated by the ghosts of Japan’s ghastly wartime experiments.
Tropical storm unleashes rain, strong winds in south Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Chan-hom brought powerful winds and rain to southern Japan on Saturday, with the weather bureau warning of landslides and flooding in most of the country. The storm, …
Japan, Mongolia to co-operate on ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’
The foreign ministers of Japan and Mongolia agreed Friday to co-operate in promoting a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” a vision that Tokyo is pushing with the U.S. and other “like-minded” countries to …
2 remote Japan towns seek to host nuclear waste storage site
Two remote towns in northern Japan struggling with rapidly graying and shrinking populations are applying to possibly host a high-level radioactive waste storage site as a means of economic survival …
Japan, Mongolia to cooperate on ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’
The foreign ministers of Japan and Mongolia agreed Friday to cooperate in promoting a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” a vision that Tokyo is pushing with the U.S. and other “like-minded” countries to …
September Retail Sales in Japan are Mixed
Cooler weather helped to move some autumn items, but the lack of international shoppers continued to dampen sales …
Town in N Kazakhstan put on quarantine to halt COVID-19 spread
PETROPAVLOVSK. KAZINFORM – Bulayevo town has been put on strict quarantine by the authorities of North Kazakhstan region due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, Kazinform reports. Japan pledges $130 mil.