Shinzo Abe

Budget proposals include significant upgrade to existing missile defence systems and purchase of new hardware.

Recycling precious metals from its e-waste could produce enough for all gold, silver and bronze medals.

Watch Shinzo Abe travel by warp pipe from Tokyo to Brazil's Maracana stadium.

GDP unchanged in April to June compared to previous three months, missing forecasts for 0.2% increase.

During both ceremonies, Shinzo Abe pledged his determination to work toward a world free of nuclear arms.

South Korea reiterates the need for Thaad deployment after Pyongyang's latest acts.

The markets have also been boosted by new highs on Wall Street.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party expected to perform well at the polls.

Obama has become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima 71 years after the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city by US military.

US President Barack Obama is set to become first sitting US President to visit Hiroshima on 27 May.

Abe says Japanese businesses see UK as a 'gateway' to Europe and investors could be turned off.

French military shipbuilder DCNS Group beats Japan and Germany in hard-fought deal.

The aircraft is considered part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to strengthen military.

At least 18 dead and dozens missing in Kumamoto prefecture after 7.3-magnitude tremor.

Japanese government deploys 1,600 soldiers to help with rescue operations after magnitude-6.5 quake.

Tokyo's action is expected to rile China which claims surrounding islands, called Senkaku by Japan and Diaoyu by China.

Robert Mugabe called on Japanese companies to up their investments in Zimbabwe amid severe drought.

Zimbabwean leader is on 5-day state visit to Japan as Abe looks to check China's growing influence in Africa.

Mugabe looks to boost investment and economic cooperation with Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

North Korea fired two mid-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan in a show of defiance.

Japan's government says it received a record 7,586 refugee applications in 2015.

The lawmaker said people have been misled by propaganda treating them as if they were victims.

The islands, seized by former Soviet Union, are administered by Russia.

Report says ¥100m could be paid out to South Korean women forced into sexual slavery during World War II.

The document will help same-sex couples rent apartments together and gain access to family-only hospitals.

Sex slaves used by Japan during its occupation of Korea has been a major obstacle to better ties.

¥80tn quantitative easing programme is the centrepiece of Japan's PM Shinzō Abe's economic policies.

Sendai No 2 unit is expected to enter commercial operations from around mid-November.

Japan industrial production unexpectedly drops for second straight month.

PM Shinzo Abe says policy shift will help Japan face any threat from China and North Korea.