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Japan's prime minister is under fire over allegations that he injected politics into the imperial palace by using his clout to arrange a last-minute audience between Emperor Akihito and China's vice president.
Japan's centre-left government will likely freeze new spending on its joint missile defence system with the United States after the cabinet decided on budget cuts, media reports said on Tuesday.
Eri Yoshida, who became the first woman to play professional baseball with men in Japan this year, said Tuesday she would compete in a US winter tryout league.
Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Tuesday asked his visiting Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd to rein in activists disrupting Japan's annual whale hunt, describing their actions as "sabotage."
Japan needs several more months to decide on the relocation of a major U.S. military base on the southern island of Okinawa, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Tuesday, a delay likely to frustrate Washington.
Japan on Tuesday delayed until next year a decision on where to move a controversial US military air base, drawing out a festering three-month row with the United States.
The centre-left prime ministers of Japan and Australia on Tuesday voiced support for a report calling for a cut of more than 90 percent in the world's nuclear arsenals.
Japan will put off a decision on relocating a U.S. airbase, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said on Tuesday, a delay that risks fanning U.S. mistrust and doubts about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's leadership.
Japan needs more time to reach a decision on the relocation of a major U.S. military base on the southern island of Okinawa, senior government officials said Tuesday, amid a growing row between Tokyo and Washington on the issue.
Japan's World Series MVP Hideki Matsui is set to join the Los Angeles Angels on a one-year deal subject to passing a medical.
China's Vice President Xi Jinping in Japan Tuesday stressed the importance of good ties between the Asian giants as his hastily arranged royal audience sparked a political row in the host nation.
China's Vice President Xi Jinping met Japan's emperor on Tuesday as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama urged a warm welcome for the visitor, despite controversy over the hastily arranged royal audience.
Japan's government on Tuesday delayed a decision on where to move a controversial US military air base, drawing out a festering three-month-long row with Washington.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. wants Japan, Malaysia and South Korea to join negotiations for a regional free-trade agreement in Asia, Trade Representative Ron Kirk said.
Japan Football Association vice president Junji Ogura has poured cold water on the national coach's bold target of a World Cup semi-final spot next year.
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Japan won’t sign an “Open Skies” accord next year unless the U.S. grants antitrust immunity for All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Corp.
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