Japan

North Korea fires missiles into sea, Japan protests

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday, Seoul said, as…

China’s men and women win tennis world championships

Chinese table tennis player Xu Xin compared the Chinese team to the Great Wall after…

Stocks tumble in Asia, Europe, USA over recession fears

Asian share markets were scorched on Tuesday as stability concerns put a torch to European…

Earthquake rocks northern Japan, no tsunami warning

A strong earthquake measured at 6.7 magnitude has been reported off the Japanese coast of…

Japanese sushi boss pays N23million for one giant fish

A Japanese sushi boss paid more than US$117,000, about N23.3 million  Tuesday  for a giant…

Club World Cup: Sanfrecce Hiroshima edge Evergrande for third place

Japanese Club, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won the third place in the FIFA World Cup tournament…

Japan made passenger jet on test flight

Japan's first passenger jet made its maiden test flight Wednesday, a landmark in a decade-long…

China, Japan, South Korea leaders in trilateral summit

The sixth China-Japan-South Korea leaders' meeting started in Seoul on Sunday. The meeting continued the…

Japanese, Canadian win Nobel Physics Prize

Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur B. McDonald of Canada were awarded the Nobel Physics…

Over 60,000 people over 100 years old in Japan

The number of centenarians in Japan exceeded 60,000 in 2015, hitting a record high for…