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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in the city of Wakayama, stumping for a candidate in upcoming by-elections when an explosion was heard. At least one person has been detained.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was due to give a speech in western Japan, when what appears to be a smoke bomb was thrown.

The United States, Japan and South Korea said in a joint statement they discussed the regularisation of missile defence and anti-submarine exercises to deter and respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.

(This April 13 story has been corrected to fix initial investment amount to 1.08 trillion yen ($8.1 billion) from 1.8 trillion yen ($13.5 billion) in the headline and paragraph 1)

Admirers of the gifted Japanese writer-director Makoto Shinkai will recognize his touch from the opening moments of his often entrancing new animated feature, "Suzume." An affecting story about love and salvation, loss and memory, the movie opens on a dark-blue sky kissed by pastel-sunset pinks and purples, with stars that…

Hajime Moriyasu insists he wants to strike up a better relationship with the Celtic manager with so many Japanese players in the Hoops squad now.

Moriyasu's frequent refusal to pick Kyogo and Reo Hatate has raised eyebrows but he says he wants to build "more friendly relations" with the Parkhead boss.

The director of Suzume talks three-legged chairs, trauma, and natural disasters

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations will focus on the security of both Europe and the Indo-Pacific as they gather in Japan from Sunday against a worrying backdrop of the war in Ukraine and China's growing assertiveness.