Japan

News Hour: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Japan are signing a cost-sharing agreement to formalize funding support of over US$3.8 million (JPY 388,000,000) for an umbrella programme on “Electoral Assistance for...

News Hour: Japan will develop a new land-to-sea missile as part of plans to beef up its defence of remote southern islands, as tensions with China increase over the disputed territory, reports BSS. The two countries...

News Hour: Japan on Friday celebrated gymnast Kohei Uchimura’s all-around gold medal at the Rio Olympics with banner headlines, endless reruns of his final routine, and the sale of commemorative stamps for which hundreds queued in...

News Hour: Japan is searching for eight Chinese crew members who went missing when their fishing boat sank after colliding with a Greek cargo vessel near disputed East China Sea islands on Thursday, the Japanese coast...

News Hour: Production of the all-new Infiniti Q60 sports coupe has started at the company’s manufacturing facility in Tochigi, Japan. Designed and engineered to perform, the Q60 offers a compelling combination of daring design, exhilarating performance...

News Hour: Not even the curse of the pommel horse could halt Japan’s march to the men’s team gymnastics title at the Rio Olympics on Monday as China’s eight-year reign as champions came to an end...

News Hour: Takashima Elementary School in Nagano, Japan, has introduced a unique extracurricular activity in which each class decides what to study every year. The project chosen by the sixth grade this year was entitled “Let’s...

News Hour: Tokyo elected the country’s former defence minister, Yuriko Koike, as its first female governor on Sunday, media exit polls show, reports Aljazeera. “I will lead Tokyo politics in an unprecedented manner, a Tokyo you have...

News Hour: A Hawaiian Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Tokyo, its second such incident in Japan this month, an official said on Thursday, reports BSS. Flight HA 442, which departed the northern Japanese city...

News Hour: A Japanese man who admitted to murdering 19 people at a centre for the mentally disabled grinned to news cameras on Wednesday before being questioned over the country’s worst killing spree in decades, reports...