The prime minister of Japan, Kishida Fumio, told reporters on Tuesday that his country would make its “own decision” on participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics – a response to President Joe Biden refusing to boycott the event despite China’s ongoing genocide of the Uyghur people and other human rights crimes.
Eighty years to the day since Japan’s infamous surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 launched the U.S. into World War II, survivors will gather Tuesday to humbly honor those who made the supreme sacrifice.
A World War II Navy veteran is traveling to Pearl Harbor in search of his neighbor’s grave ahead of the 80th anniversary of Japan’s attack.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo remarked on Wednesday that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be an “emergency” meriting a response from both Japan and the United States.
Japan’s government announced Wednesday it will extend an existing travel ban on all foreign entries to include foreigners with resident status or long-term visas in Japan.
Japan recorded its first case of the coronavirus variant Omicron on Tuesday in a man who arrived in Tokyo from Namibia on Sunday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu told reporters at a press conference.
Japan’s government on Monday announced a month-long ban on all foreign travelers entering the country beginning Tuesday in an effort to prevent a new strain of coronavirus known as Omicron from invading Japan.
Chinese state media attacked Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao on Thursday because one of the characters in her Marvel superhero film Eternals expressed sadness over the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, by U.S. forces in World War II without running through a litany of Japan’s wartime atrocities against China.
Pulitzer-winning “historian” Nikole Hannah-Jones, who’s as dumb as she is dishonest, was forced to delete her breathtakingly ignorant “hot take” on Hiroshima.
School closures across Japan in spring 2020 did not prevent the spread of the Chinese coronavirus, according to a new study published by the medical journal Nature Medicine, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported Monday. “Empirically, we find no evidence that
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will double as Japan’s foreign minister until the country’s cabinet reforms in a special session of parliament next week, Kyodo News reported Thursday.
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a majority of seats in Japan’s parliament with surprising ease on Sunday in a general election that proved a mandate for the LDP’s leader, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, and his party-influenced promises to double Japan’s defense spending with an eye toward China.
A Japanese man in a Joker costume rampaged through a Tokyo train on Sunday stabbing several people with a knife and starting a small fire in at least one cabin that injured additional passengers, Kyodo News reported.
Rice cultivated on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido “has become tastier thanks to (global) warming,” former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said Monday.
TOKYO — Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations Tuesday and said their marriage — delayed three years and called unfit by some — “was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts.”
An advisory panel of the Japanese Ministry of Justice approved a plan on Thursday that seeks to “introduce prison terms as part of tougher penalties for online insults in Japan,” Kyodo News reported.
The navies of both China and Russia dispatched a joint group of 10 vessels to sail through Japan’s Tsugaru Strait — which links the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean — on Monday, Japan’s Defense Ministry said.
North Korea conducted its latest provocative missile test on Tuesday, sending two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. One of the missiles appears to have been launched offshore, possibly from a submarine.
Tokyo cannot delay plans to release 1.25 million tons of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean starting in 2023 because such a setback would foil Japan’s goal of decommissioning Fukushima’s nuclear reactor, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said on Sunday.
Japan’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it would consider its “options” and make necessary “preparations” toward supporting Taiwan if China continues to ramp up its military intimidation of the island.
The UK continues to strengthen bonds with allies with a rare example of “quad carrier operations” on China’s doorstep.
Japan’s conservative ruling party elected former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida as its new leader on Wednesday, “making him all but certain to become Japan’s next prime minister,” Kyodo News reported Thursday.
The UK announced new military talks with Japan just hours after China protested Britain sailing a warship through the Taiwan Strait.
North Korea apparently launched a short-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, its third provocative test of banned missiles in the past month. The North Korean regime insisted the weapons tests were an appropriate response to the “hostile policy” of the United States and South Korea.
Tokyo said Thursday it “cannot accept” Moscow’s recent proposal to establish a special tariff-free economic zone on disputed islands administered by Russia but claimed by Japan, Kyodo News reported.
North Korea responded to the announcement of the AUKUS strategic alliance on Monday by calling it “irresponsible” and warning it could launch a “nuclear arms race.”
Japan is committed to providing a “necessary response” to China if it continues to ramp up its military aggression toward Taiwan and spark a legitimate conflict, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told CNN on Thursday.
China filed an application on Thursday to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Current members Japan and Australia, and prospective member Taiwan, were not enthusiastic about Beijing’s request.
North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, violating U.N. Security Council resolutions and drawing a sharp condemnation from the Japanese government. The provocative launch suggested tensions are rising on the Korean peninsula again after a relatively peaceful interlude during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to New York next week and personally deliver an address to world leaders at the United Nations, the White House confirmed Monday, as the administration seeks to draw a line under the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Japan and Vietnam signed an accord on Saturday allowing Tokyo to supply Hanoi with Japanese-made defense equipment and technology as the two nations work toward more rigorously countering China’s growing presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Internet payment processor PayPal, notorious for its financial blacklisting policies, is reportedly purchasing the Japanese startup firm Paidy, which allows customers to buy items and pay for them at a later date.
A key Japanese advocate for human rights in China – and leader in calling for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics – told Breitbart News this week that, in addition to governments and Olympic sponsors, high-profile Japanese athletes should use their platforms to denounce the ongoing genocide of ethnic minorities in the country.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide announced Friday he will not seek reelection on September 29 as president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), meaning he will effectively step down from his role as prime minister, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported.
In a major policy shift, tech giant Apple has announced that it will allow music, video, and other media apps to direct users towards sign-up pages on their websites. This will allow companies like Spotify and Netflix to bypass Apple’s 15 to 30 percent payment processing fee.
Japan’s Health Ministry on Thursday suspended the use of 1.63 million Moderna vaccine doses — used to inoculate against the Chinese coronavirus — after it received reports that an unknown foreign substance was found in some unused vials of the
Hackers have reportedly stolen $97 million worth of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies from the Japanese exchange Liquid in a major hack.
The Biden administration has appointed former Obama chief of staff and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Severe storms caused floods and landslides across southwestern Japan this week, killing at least one person as of Friday and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported.
Japan’s National Institute of Science and Technology Policy on Tuesday announced that China has overtaken the United States for publishing influential and widely-cited papers on the natural sciences, including chemistry and engineering.
