Takaichi wins fans not with politics but with her style, and ‘work, work’ mantra

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives to her office in Tokyo The pledge by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work”

China’s pressure on Japan could last for some time

Just days after China issued an advisory against traveling to Japan, the cancellations started. About 3,000 Chinese visit Rie Takeda’s tearoom in an alley

Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite

Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started making the

A spat over Taiwan is threatening China-Japan ties

President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of their meeting in Gyeongju, last month Less than a month into her term,

Beijing signals tougher measures after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks

Sanae Takaichi (2nd R, front) attends the extraordinary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo, last month Beijing has issued a cascade of warnings following

Gov’t warns residents to remain vigilant when traveling to Japan, following Beijing

Following the unexpected release of a notice by the Chinese authorities on Friday, advising Chinese citizens to “temporarily refrain from traveling to Japan,” and a similar

Japan resumes seafood exports to China two years after Fukushima wastewater release

Japan announced Friday that its seafood exports have resumed for the first time since China imposed a ban over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the

Powerful quake strikes off the coast, tsunami advisory issued 

A powerful quake rattled northern Japan yesterday evening, followed by several more temblors, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. A tsunami advisory was issued. The earthquake,

South Korean and Japanese leaders vow to improve ties in face of global uncertainty

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (above, left) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister

Motegi plans to tell Trump it will build up military

Toshimitsu Motegi, newly appointed foreign minister, arrives at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo Japan’s new foreign minister said yesterday his country plans to show its determination

Parliament elects Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister

Lawmakers applaud as Sanae Takaichi was elected as Japan’s new prime minister during the extraordinary session of the lower house, in Tokyo, yesterday Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative

Court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs

Kristal Hilaire, a daughter of Australian citizen Donna Nelson, speaks to reporters at the Tokyo District Court, yesterday A Japanese court yesterday dismissed an appeal by an Australian

A movie about the Kabuki theater is a surprise hit in soul-searching Japan

A three-hour film about the esoteric world of Kabuki is defying the odds at the Japanese box office, with tickets selling out at some cinemas. “Kokuho,” which

South Korea’s president highlights friendly ties in Japan before key summit with Trump

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (left) meets Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, in his first summit with Japanese

Genshitsu Sen, tea master and former Kamikaze pilot trainee, dies at 102

Genshitsu Sen XV, grand tea master of the Urasenke School of Tea, performs a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony on the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, July 19, 2011,

President Lee will meet Japanese leader ahead of summit with Trump

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo next week before flying to Washington for a summit with President Donald

8.8-magnitude earthquake sends tsunami into coasts of Russia, Japan and Alaska

Ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia near the 8.8 magnitude quake's epicenter flooded as residents fled inland, and frothy, white waves washed up to the shore

Horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa to bring eerie storytelling to his first samurai film

Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, known as a master of horror films set within the neurotic realism of the modern day, will bring his signature edge-of-your-seat storytelling to a genre he

Japan’s Ishiba says he’ll stay in office to tackle inflation and US tariffs despite election loss

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said today (Monday) he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising prices and high U.S. tariffs after a weekend election

Russia warns US, South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting North Korea

Russia’s foreign minister warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his country’s ally for talks on

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