Abe attends nuclear summit after landmark deal
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in The Hague after agreeing on a landmark deal to hand over weapons-grade plutonium...
read moreTrain fare hikes hit Tokyo as sales tax kicks in
Workers in Japan were busy today (Monday) getting ready for the nation’s upcoming April 1 consumption tax hike.Employees...
read moreDiet passes record budget
Japan’s parliament has passed a record budget for fiscal 2014. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the roughly 950-b...
read moreJapan-N. Korea meet slated
Japan and North Korea will resume official negotiations on outstanding issues between the two nations, stalled since Nov...
read moreN. Korea-linked building goes to runner-up
A Tokyo building with close links to North Korea will be sold to a real estate firm based in southwestern Japan.The Japa...
read morePark agrees to meet Abe: sources
Despite troubled relations, the president of South Korea is apparently now ready to meet Japan’s prime minister for the ...
read moreAbe, nuclear power unpopular: poll
Support for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dropped below 50% for the first time.The new NTV poll showed only 49 p...
read moreJapan cutting bluefin catch in half
The land of sushi will cut its Pacific bluefin tuna haul by fifty percent.Japan’s Fisheries Agency says from next year t...
read moreNation remembers firebombing victims
Tomorrow, March 11th, marks three years since a tsunami devastated northeast Japan, but today (Monday) Japanese people h...
read moreJapan: bitcoin not a currency
Japan’s government says the virtual money bitcoin will not be treated as a currency.The decision came as a written respo...
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