Japan

China's ban on Japanese seafood imports has created tensions between the two countries, as the latter has publicly called the ban "totally unacceptable."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States and its allies of turning the waters off the Korean Peninsula into "the most unstable waters."

A river in Nago City, Japan, turned blood red following a leak from a beer factory leaving the residents worried.

Iceland has finally decided to suspend the practice of whale hunting until the end of August.

As Japan's stock market posts a 33-year high, optimists point to the underlying robustness of firms' earnings but pessimists are wary of potential policy change.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has met with Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, at the G7 summit in Japan.

The partnership between Britain and Japan responds to the "current energy crisis and to climate change" with the aim of advancing clean energy technologies. Meanwhile, Japanese firms have committed to investment just shy of £18 billion into the British economy.

The East Asian neighbours, both crucial security allies of the United States, have long been at odds over historic issues linked to Japan's brutal 1910 to 1945 colonial occupation.

Two topics dominated discussions above all -- the war in Ukraine, and China's growing military and economic clout.

South Korea's military said it had "detected one ballistic missile with a medium range or longer fired from the Pyongyang area at 0723 (1023 GMT)".

Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders pledged on Wednesday to take action to maintain the stability of the global financial system.

The most significant joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea have been held in the past five years coincide with Pyongyang's most recent tests.

Japan and Germany agreed on Saturday to coordinate closely on financial jitters stemming from problems among Western banks while carefully monitoring global markets and economy.

Britain and Japan are set to dominate a three-nation project with Italy to build an advanced jet fighter, with Rome set to pay around only a fifth of the overall development cost.

The government of Japan aims to establish permanent flight routes over a coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture this summer for the testing of "flying cars."

It had suggested a reduction in student loan payments or a full exemption for those who want to have a child.

Japan is facing one of the lowest birth rates in the world.

As the Russia Ukraine war, the biggest war in Europe since World War II, enters its second year, many Asian companies still continue their operations in Russia.

A Japanese startup, Iwaya Giken plans to start stratospheric balloon rides or commercial balloon rides later this year.

Japan will offer Ukraine fresh financial support worth $5.5 billion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday, days before the first anniversary of Russia's invasion.

The United States and South Korea held a joint air exercise involving U.S.

North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming U.S.-South Korea military drills.

The dollar was broadly lower on Tuesday ahead of a keenly anticipated inflation report, while the yen strengthened as surprise pick Kazuo Ueda was nominated to be the next governor of Bank of Japan.

The Japanese police have arrested as many as 17 men accused of filming thousands of women bathing in hot springs over a period of 30 years.

Japan confirmed on Tuesday that it made record interventions in the foreign exchange market in October, selling the dollar worth 6.35 trillion yen ($48 billion) to support the yen currency, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data showed.

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp fell to a quarterly loss on Tuesday, as its giant Vision Fund investment unit remained in the red for a fourth straight quarter, sharpening focus on when markets will recover enough to allow it to list some assets.

Nomura Holdings Inc, Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported an 11% rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, as a partial stake sale in an affiliate offset a slump in investment banking.

Japan's Toyota was the world's top-selling automaker in 2022, retaining its lead over German rival Volkswagen for the third year, company data showed Monday.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday that a return to deflation in the world's third-largest economy cannot be ruled out, because domestic demand remains weak.

At least eight people, including six Chinese nationals, died after a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship sank in waters between South Korea and Japan.