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Joint drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan have a "sinister aim" toward North Korea and are part of a dangerous prelude to the creation of an "Asian version of NATO", North Korean state news agency KCNA said on Wednesday.

A Japanese fugitive, Mitsuhiro Taniguchi, accused of swindling about $7 million from a pandemic subsidy programme was deported from Indonesia on Wednesday, an immigration official said.

Nine-time African champions Nigeria will take on the Senior Women's National Team of Japan in a prestige International Friendly match at the Noevir Stadium in Kobe on the 6th of October, 2022. Nadeshiko Japan, which is the alias of the…

Japan and Vietnam agreed to boost economic and security ties on Sunday, while calling for an end to the war in Ukraine. According to Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida during a Southeast Asia tour, “We'll strengthen bilateral ties in…

Japan has found the hull of a tour boat off its northern coast on Friday, six days after the vessel disappeared in an accident that killed at least 14 people on a sightseeing trip. The coast guard said, “The hull of the Kazu I was found…

Japan began investigation over what caused the missing tourist boat off the nation’s northern coast. Search efforts intensified on Monday to find the boat and its missing passengers, with the confirmed death toll rising to 11. The…

Japan is imposing sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, including prohibiting the issuance of Russian bonds in Japan and freezing the assets of certain individuals, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday. The Prime…

British athlete Chijindu Ujah has been stripped of his Olympic silver medal in the men's 4x100m relay in Tokyo last August after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld his anti-doping violation on Friday. Ujah has been…

Australia and Japan will sign a treaty to increase defense and security cooperation at a virtual summit on Thursday. Prime ministers, Scott Morrison of Australia and Fumio Kishida of Japan will meet in a virtual summit to sign the…

Japan has confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 in the country, the Japanese government said Tuesday. The health ministry said, “The infected person is a man in his 30s arriving from Namibia who tested positive…