Deterring Taiwan conflict is top priority for Japan’s ‘front-line’ mayor
WNAM REPOT: As the top elected official on Japan’s tiny “front-line” island of Yonaguni — just 110 kilometers from Taiwan...
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Japan urges G20 countries to support UN, WTO reforms
WNAM REPORT: Japan's Senior Deputy Foreign Minister Akahori Takeshi Wednesday called for "reforms" to the UN and World Trade Organization...
Expat safety seen as a must for Japanese firms to keep doing business in China
WNAM REPORT: Japanese business leaders, rattled by a fatak stabbing of a Japanese school boy in the city of Shenzhen...
Rescue operations continue in flood-hit Ishikawa
WNAM REPORT: Rescue operations continued in northern Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula on Tuesday, as authorities worked to locate missing individuals...
LDP presidential hopefuls face tough choices on Japan’s energy future
WNAM REPORT: With the next long-term basic energy strategy due to be set before the end of the fiscal year,...
Taiwanese firm denies making pager devices that exploded in Lebanon
WNAM REPORT:A Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo on Wednesday denied making pager devices that exploded in Lebanon. In a statement, the...
Japan and Russia bureau-chief-level officials hold talks
WNAM REPORT: Katsuro Kitagawa, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Bureau, held talks in Moscow on Friday with...
Canada and Japan aiming to rapidly expand defense ties
WNAM REPORT: As negotiations on a Japan-Canada intelligence-sharing pact progress, the strategic partners are also examining other ways to ramp...
Campaign for intra-ruling party polls begins in Japan
WNAM REPORT: Campaign for the intra-ruling party election began on Thursday as the party will elect a successor to outgoing...
Tepco starts extracting radioactive fuel debris at Fukushima No. 1 plant
WEB DESK: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) started extracting a small amount of radioactive debris from a reactor at...