WASHINGTON—When President Barack Obama tours Hiroshima’s haunting relics of nuclear warfare, he will be making a trip that past administrations weighed and avoided. For good reason:...
COTABATO CITY—Japanese Ambassador Kazuhide Ishikawa signed grant contracts with five Mindanao-based organizations in Mindanao for socioeconomic development projects to be implemented in conflict-affected areas through the...
MANILA — Amid escalating tensions with China, the country is expecting more foreign direct investments from Japan, according to an analytics firm. IHS Asia-Pacific chief economist...
TOKYO — Japan is imposing more sanctions against Russia over its support for pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine who are accused of shooting down a Malaysian jet,...
TOKYO – A Japanese artist was jailed on charges of obscenity after she built a kayak modeled after her own vagina. Megumi Igarashi, 42, who works...
HORONOBE, Japan — Reindeer farms and grazing Holstein cows dot a vast stretch of rolling green pasture here on Japan’s northern tip. Underground it’s a different...
MANILA — Japanese debt watcher Rating and Investment Information Inc. (R&I) on Wednesday upgraded a notch its investment grade long-term foreign currency issuer rating on the...
One killed and more than 500,000 people urged to evacuate as Typhoon Neoguri hits Japan: http://t.co/R3T5urVSlz pic.twitter.com/XZVEBYUxvh — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 8, 2014 TOKYO...
TOKYO — A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel all outdoor...
MANILA — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has announced the opening of application for interested nurses and caregivers in Japan under the JPEPA Framework for...