The possibility of a summit between Washington and Pyongyang has left Tokyo jittery the U.S. may settle for a policy compromise that prioritizes U.S. homeland security, leaving Japan vulnerable.
Japanese and Singaporean passport holders have the greatest travel freedom worldwide, with visa-free access to a record 180 countries, according to a survey by the law firm Henley & Partners. According to the 2018 Henley Passport Index Ranking released Wednesday, Germany fell to second, with ...
Japan and the international community should pressure China to find a peaceful solution to its long-standing conflict with Tibet, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile told The Japan Times in a recent interview in Tokyo. "It's either China transforms you, or the world transforms China," ...
Japan will make good use of the aid it gives developing countries to promote its "Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy," the government said in its 2017 white paper on official development assistance. The report on ODA, approved by the Cabinet on Friday, said Tokyo wants ...
Eiko Kawasaki, an ethnic Korean woman who spent 43 years in North Korea, announced a plan Friday to file a petition with the International Criminal Court to declare Pyongyang's postwar repatriation program a crime against humanity. According to Kyodo News, from 1959 to 1984 about ...
Yori Oda, a decorated teacher who taught Japanese at Harvard University for 35 years, died earlier this month after a recent illness. She was 82. In 2013, Oda was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays, by Emperor Akihito in recognition ...
Amid signs of a gradual thaw in inter-Korean relations, Prime Minister Abe and visiting U.S. Vice President Pence reaffirm the policy of maintaining “maximum pressure” on North Korea.
Senior Japanese and Russian diplomats on Tuesday agreed to further promote negotiations over planned joint economic activities on four disputed islands off Hokkaido, Japanese officials said. The vice ministerial talks in Tokyo over the Russian-held islands came ahead of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's scheduled visit ...
The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France held a regular "two plus two" meeting in Tokyo Friday in which they agreed to beef up mutual diplomatic cooperation in securing a "rule-based order" in maritime security, including the East and South China seas. Foreign ...
In a first for Tokyo, a disaster drill based on a ballistic missile attack was held Monday in response to the nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. The drill took place in several locations in Bunkyo Ward near Tokyo Dome, including the Tokyo Dome ...
