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'Comfort women' cancel meeting mayor

32 minutes ago

Two South Korean women forcibly drafted into Japanese military brothels during World War II have cancelled a meeting with a Japanese mayor.

Japan mayor rejected on comfort women: Poll

2013-05-20 14:00

A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during World War II were a military necessity, polls say.

Yahoo! Japan fears 22 million IDs stolen

2013-05-18 08:01

Yahoo! Japan has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal.

Okinawa women demand sex remark apology

2013-05-15 13:01

Women in Japan's island chain of Okinawa have demanded an apology from an outspoken Japanese politician who suggested US troops there make use of its thriving sex industry.

Man gored to death in Japan bull ring

2013-05-01 12:56

A bull has gored to death a 40-year-old man in southern Japan just a month after attacking his father and breaking the older man's ribs, police say.

Japan PM to meet Putin, a first in 10yrs

2013-04-29 15:20

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for the first such top-level visit in a decade that aims to break years of stalemate.

Japan executes two death-row gangsters

2013-04-26 09:05

Japan has drawn immediate protest from human rights groups after it said it had hanged two death-row inmates.

Fukushima clean-up may take 40 years

2013-04-22 20:03

A UN nuclear watchdog team says Japan may need longer than the planned 40 years to decommission its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.

7.2 earthquake shakes northern Japan

2013-04-19 09:43

A major 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off northern Japan, seismologists say, but no tsunami warning was issued.

Whalers start seasonal hunt in Japan

2013-04-18 13:00

Japanese whalers in north-eastern Japan started to hunt dozens of minke whales in coastal waters.

N Korea threatens South for 'monstrous' act

2013-04-16 10:00

North Korea has threatened the South with imminent "sledge-hammer" retaliation, unless Seoul apologised for anti-Pyongyang protestors burning effigies of its revered leaders.

US ready to 'reach out' to North Korea

2013-04-14 18:41

US Secretary of State John Kerry has stressed that the United States is willing to engage with North Korea.

Several injured after strong Japan quake

2013-04-13 08:01

A strong earthquake has shaken Japan near the southwestern city of Kobe, leaving 23 people injured, seven of them seriously - mostly elderly tripping while trying to flee, police say.

Suu Kyi to kickstart diplomacy in Japan

2013-04-12 14:02

Japan's long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar will be getting a boost with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

US presses China to rein in ally N Korea

2013-04-12 07:51

The US has slammed North Korea's belligerence and pressed China to rein in its ally, as US officials downplay a chilling spy agency report that Pyongyang has a nuclear-armed missile.

Japan nuke plant unstable

2013-04-10 19:58

There have been at least eight accidents or problems at Japan's storm battered Fukushima nuclear plant.

New radioactive leak at Fukushima

2013-04-07 12:41

Some radioactive water may have leaked into the ground from a storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, its operator has said.

US 'to return some Okinawa land to Japan'

2013-04-05 10:00

Japan and the United States have agreed on a plan that will see some land occupied by the US military returned to the islands in a bid to break the deadlock in a long-stalled deal, say reports.

2 Dutch sarin suspects held longer

2013-04-02 22:39

A Dutch investigating judge has ordered the continued detention of two men arrested on suspicion of possessing and attempting to sell or use the deadly nerve agent sarin.

Caroline Kennedy eyed for Japan envoy post

2013-04-02 09:10

US President Barack Obama is close to naming Caroline Kennedy, daughter of assassinated president John F Kennedy, to the high-profile post of ambassador to Japan, says an official.

Stony corals losing out to softer ones

2013-03-25 16:52

Climate change is likely to make reef-building stony corals lose out to softer cousins, in a damaging shift for many types of fish that use reefs as hideaways and nurseries for their young.

Rat may have caused Fukushima blackout

2013-03-20 20:08

A rat may have caused this week's outage at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant to which power has been restored.

Japanese nuclear plant back up

2013-03-19 21:43

Power, cooling has been restored at the crippled Japanese nuclear plant.

Japan nuclear plant hit by power cut

2013-03-19 09:05

Engineers at Fukushima have been scrambling to restore power to cooling systems after an outage, in the latest incident to underline the precarious fix at the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.

Record radiation level found in Japan fish

2013-03-16 11:49

A record level of radioactive material was detected in a fish captured near a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima, news reports say.

 

Japan trade deficit hits $8.6bn in April

2013-05-22 08:07

Japan's trade deficit expanded a worse-than-expected 70% on year to $8.6bn in April, government data showed, as a weaker yen made imports costlier.

Strong earthquake strikes off Japan coast

2013-05-18 11:14

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu island seismologists say, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage.

Japan man, 80, starts Everest ascent

2013-05-17 09:00

An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website says, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world.

Slippery eel slides toward disaster

2013-05-12 19:54

Glass eels, as young see-through eels are known, are the equivalent of aquatic gold.

Hagel invokes accord in island dispute

2013-04-30 10:10

Islands at the center of a territorial row between Japan and China are covered by a military protection accord between Washington and Tokyo, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says.

Toyota, Microsoft linkup for smart cars

2013-04-26 16:08

Toyota is teaming up with Microsoft for an internet service that links cars, home computers and smartphones so users can find nearby tourist spots and learn about new models.

Japan threatens China in island dispute

2013-04-23 11:02

Japan has vowed to "expel by force" any Chinese landing on islands at the centre of a territorial row, after eight government vessels from China sailed into the disputed waters.

Japan war shrine visits anger S Korea

2013-04-22 11:07

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made donations and three Cabinet ministers prayed at Tokyo's militarist shrine over the weekend, sparking South Korean anger.

Japan woman, 77, gets $4m for sex, love

2013-04-18 15:01

A 77-year-old woman who received $4m from a 79-year-old man in exchange for sexual and romantic favours has been ordered to repay the cash by a court in Japan, reports say.

Nato lauds Japan co-operation pledge

2013-04-15 14:01

Nato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen has welcomed an agreement due to be signed with Tokyo pledging Japan's continued co-operation in the fight against "emerging security challenges".

No reports of South Africans hurt in Japan quake

2013-04-13 12:03

No South Africans have yet been reported injured in the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan the department of international relations says.

Japan gets the nod for mega trade pact

2013-04-12 15:59

The United States has given Japan the green light to enter talks on a Pacific trade agreement.

Kerry hits back as N Korea threatens Japan

2013-04-12 14:02

US Secretary of State John Kerry has demanded that North Korea abandon an expected missile launch as the communist state threatens a nuclear strike on Japan.

N Korea keeps world on edge over launch

2013-04-11 15:55

North Korea is keeping the world on edge over an expected missile launch while it turns its own energies to celebrating leaders past and present amid soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Fresh leak detected at Fukushima

2013-04-09 18:49

The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant says it had detected a fresh leak of radioactive water from one of the facility's storage tanks.

Fukushima reactor cooling system back on

2013-04-05 13:07

The cooling system for the spent fuel storage at one of the reactors of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has started working again after a stoppage, say reports.

Woman put skeleton brother in trash

2013-04-03 09:01

A Japanese woman who lived with her brother's mummified body for years tried to dispose of his corpse with household rubbish when she finally realised he was dead, say police.

Japan to revamp power sector

2013-04-02 09:52

Japan's cabinet has approved a proposal to revamp its troubled electricity industry and foster more competition.

Street View shows Japan nuclear zone

2013-03-27 14:42

Google Street View is giving a rare glimpse into one of Japan's eerie ghost towns, created when the earthquake and tsunami sparked a nuclear disaster.

Teen chopped up 'ordinary' mom

2013-03-24 12:34

A Japanese teenager who allegedly killed his mother and chopped her body into pieces has told police he simply did not like her, and wanted to know more about dissection.

Fukushima plant cooling system restored

2013-03-20 09:02

Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company says after a blackout sparked a new crisis.

Japan nuclear plant suffers blackout

2013-03-19 16:10

A power failure at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant has left three fuel storage pools without fresh cooling water for hours.

China officials admit ship radar lock

2013-03-18 11:03

Senior Chinese military officials have admitted for the first time that a frigate locked its radar on a Japanese destroyer during the two nations' spat over disputed islands, say reports.

2 dead in Japan 'stabbing rampage'

2013-03-14 13:59

At least two people have died and five others were injured when a Chinese worker went on a stabbing rampage at a fish processing firm in Japan, police and press reports say.

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