Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun says Japan will expand its air defense identification zone and deploy fighters near the border of the zone. Earlier we spoke to our correspondent Terrence Terashima in Tokyo. He told us the ADIZ covers all its islan...
China maps out its first air defense ID zone. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, has urged Japan to stop undermining China's territorial sovereignty. This was following Japanese protests over Chinas establishment of a Air Defense Identification Zon...
Japan has pinned hopes on undersea deposits of methane hydrates, as a means to prevent a looming energy crisis. On Tuesday, a team aboard a drilling ship successfully extracted gas from a layer of methane hydrates 300 meters below the seabed in the E...
It's the endorsement Japan's government has been waiting for. The United Nations' nuclear experts backing for stress tests designed to show the country's nuclear plants could withstand another disaster like last year's quake and tsunami. The head of...
Japan has chosen the F35 as its next mainstay fighter as it opted for stealth over proven combat records. The pick reflects concern over North Korea and China's introduction of its own stealth fighter. Defence Minister Yasuo Ichikawa says the order o...
Cameras captured the moment the earthquake hit at 2:46 on Friday afternoon in Japan. The nation's lawmakers felt the power of the magnitude 8.9 force. And the cameras rolled here in a Sendai newsroom about 90 miles from the quake. It set off this hug...
Reuters Some 30,000 visitors packed into this local shrine, south of Tokyo, looking for a laugh or something more permanent. In a three-century-old ritual, a band of merry locals carry omikoshi, or portable phallic shrines in most cases with hopes o...
Japan's toy manufacturer Ogawa Rubber employee Yuka Nomura paints an eye on a rubber mask of US President-elect Barack Obama at the company's factory in Saitama city, suburban Tokyo. For those who just can't get enough of US president-elect Barack O...
Destination: JAPAN! Have you ever thought about going to Japan? There are many places in Japan worth visiting, but if you only have a little time, you absolutely cannot miss visiting Tokyo. This city...
171 日本不会在联合国大会上讨论京都协议 Japan Will Not Press Kyoto Protocol At Climate Conference Steven Shayman Tokyo 15 Jul 2001 16:08 UTC Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi s...
