Shinzo Abe

Prime Minister Abe's ruling coalition secures a resounding victory in snap polls, giving the bloc a supermajority in the lower house.

Exit polls, including one by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, predict that a challenge by Tokyo's populist governor Yuriko Koike has failed.

Media polls have indicated voters are passively choosing Abe's government despite its railroading of unfavorable bills and cronyism scandals.

Miwa Sado only took two days off work and put in 159 hours overtime in the month before she died. It is not the first high-profile death from overwork in the Asian nation.

Pyongyang called the Japanese PM a "headless chicken" at the UN General Assembly gathering.

Japan's prime minister said the lower house of Diet will be dissolved on Thursday.

Abe, on a visit to India, and Modi also lay foundation for $17bn bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

The prime minister arrives in the country on Wednesday for trade and security talks.

Every 15 August, Japan upsets its neighbours by holding a memorial service at a shrine honouring its dead, including war criminals.

Shinzo Abe commemorates 72nd anniversary since world's first nuclear bomb was dropped, killing over 100,000 people.

Donald Trump has grown impatient with China over the state of play in North Korea.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he apologises to Japanese people 'from the bottom of my heart' over the situation.

The US president said Abe did not even say "hello" while sitting next to him at the two-hour G20 dinner.

It is not the first time the US President has been refused a handshake in public.

The amended law allows prosecutors to arrest people conspiring to commit a crime.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the test unacceptable.

WHO and IOC urge Shinzo Abe government to introduce anti-smoking measures.

Abe says overnight changes to regulation could hurt business.

Russian and Japanese leaders say 'belligerent rhetoric' must be avoided.

There has been a calculated, long-term propaganda exercise to project Japanese influence as far as possible, and promote the country's uniqueness, diligence and resilience.

Reconstruction minister Masahiro Imamura said it was better the disaster had hit northern Japan instead of Tokyo.

The Chinese president urges his American counterpart to show 'restraint' in dealing with Pyongyang.

The Hang Seng and S&P/ASX hover close to a 1% decline.

Shinzo Abe is concerned Japan could be a target if Pyongyang mounts sarin nerve agent on warheads.

Tokyo officials reportedly told that there will be military intervention if China does not step up pressure on Pyongyang.

Trump and Abe held a 35-minute telephone call over North Korea's missile launch.

Seoul says North Korea's provocative act would 'accelerate its path toward self-destruction'.

Key defence panel wants Japan to develop capabilities to strike North Korean bases.

Tokyo denies claims withdrawal due to deteriorating of security situation in conflict-ridden South Sudan.

Japanese forces put on high alert after three out of four missiles land in Japan's territorial waters.