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While more police officers patrol Tokyo's subway and train stations in preparation for U.S. President Barack Obama's two-day trip to Japan this week, people in other parts of the country have already sent the American President a message
(RTTNews) - Japan's new center-left government, which decided to discontinue its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, pledged in its place aid package worth $5 billion over the next five years to help reconstruction in Afghanistan.
(RTTNews) - Fitch Ratings said Tuesday that a rapid economic recovery for Japan is unlikely, despite the government's large stimulus measures.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Osaka police have detained and are questioning a man they believe to be Tatsuya Ichihashi, the sole suspect in the murder investigation of Lindsay Ann Hawker.
(RTTNews) - Japan's corporate bankruptcies fell 11.7% year-on-year to 1,261 cases in October, Tokyo Shoko Research reported on Tuesday. Corporate bankruptcies dropped for the third month. The size of debts involved dipped 71.1% annually to JPY 290.3 billion.
TOKYO (AFP)--U.S. President Barack Obama thinks a pact on U.S. military bases in Japan, now under review by a new government in Tokyo, serves Japan's interest and will continue, he said in an interview broadcast Tuesday.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese police have caught and detained a man believed to be Tatsuya Ichihashi , the sole suspect in the murder investigation of Lindsay Ann Hawker , the Sankei newspaper reported, without citing anyone.
A Japanese singer-actress famous in Asia for her sweet, girl-next-door image was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for using illegal stimulants in the latest celebrity drugs case in Japan.
President Barack Obama says he wants to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki sometime during his presidency but won't have time during this week's trip to Japan to go to the cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombs at the end of World War II.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- American Airlines would be in a “very bad” position should Japan Airlines leave the Oneworld alliance, the U.S. carrier’s chief executive officer said.
TOKYO (AFP)--Japan on Tuesday pledged $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan over five years, an official said Tuesday.
Working for Japan's Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper, reporter Jake Adelstein uncovered a world unknown to many of the Japanese public, let alone to foreigners: the world of organized crime. He details its landscape — and the dangers of covering it — in a new memoir.
Hard-throwing reliever aims to leave Japan
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks rose, led by banks after Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei said the government is willing to tolerate domestic banks “briefly” falling below capital ratios to ensure the supply of credit.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese bonds gained, snapping a four-day drop, as yields near the highest since June and signs of deflation lured buyers. Demand also increased at a Ministry of Finance sale of 300 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in 40-year bonds.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among Japanese merchants slid to a five-month low in October, a sign that the country’s export-led recovery isn’t spreading to consumers.
