U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said America stood with ally Japan against the North Korean "menace" and that Washington would work with Tokyo to sort out problems on trade between the world's biggest and third-largest economies. More »
South Korea said on Tuesday an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threat after Pyongyang conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test two days ago. More »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) deliver joint statements to the media at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will reshu... More »
People watch a television broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be a short-range ballistic missile, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga leaves the prime minister’s office after a news conference on reports of the launch of a North Korean missile, in Tokyo, Japan May 14, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai – RTX35PYQ Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide ... More »
Japan’s National Security Council discussed how to evacuate its nearly 60,000 citizens from South Korea in the event of a crisis, a government official said on Friday, amid rising concern over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. More »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people cheering during an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Lin Wong More »
FILE PHOTO: The construction site for an elementary school of Moritomo Gakuen, an educational institution, is seen in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan February 18, 2017, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File Photo A push for patriotic con... More »
The Vogtle Unit 3 and 4 site, being constructed by primary contactor Westinghouse, a business unit of Toshiba, near Waynesboro, Georgia, U.S. is seen in an aerial photo taken February 2017. Georgia Power/Handout via REUTERS Westinghouse Electric Co, a unit of ... More »
FILE PHOTO – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a sub-unit under KPA Unit 1344 in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang November 9, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA/File Photo min Park More »
The Japanese government is not considering steps to support embattled conglomerate Toshiba Corp, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Friday. More »
FILE PHOTO – Pedestrians walk past a logo of Toshiba Corp outside an electronics retailer in Tokyo September 14, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Shares in Toshiba Corp (6502.T) skidded on Wednesday after the conglomerate said it would book a $6.3 billion h... More »
Passengers watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
FILE PHOTO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a policy speech at the start of the ordinary session of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will propose new cabinet level U.S.-Japa... More »
FILE PHOTO – Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corporation, speaks during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo Japan is scrambling to respond to intensifying trade pressure ... More »
Japan’s top government spokesman on Monday denied media reports that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would meet Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) President Akio Toyoda on Feb. 3 ahead of the premier’s visit to the United States next week. More »
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a policy speech at the start of the ordinary session of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he believed U.S. President Donald Trump understoo... More »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a rocket warhead tip after a simulated test of atmospheric re-entry of a ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on M... More »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe give remarks as U.S. President Barack Obama listens at Kilo Pier overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry Japanese Prime Minister ... More »
A Chinese military plane H-6 bomber flies through airspace between Okinawa prefecture’s main island and the smaller ”Miyako island’ in southern Japan, out over the Pacific, in this handout photo taken October 27, 2013 by Japan Air Self-Defence Force and releas... More »
TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government sought on Tuesday to assure the Japanese public their pensions were not at risk after a big data leak, an incident with echoes of a scandal that helped oust Abe during his first term in office. The leak, underscorin... More »
