The Latest Breaking News from Japan

A Tokyo court has cited a statute of limitations in rejecting a suit filed by five people seeking North Korea’s responsibility over abuses they said they suffered for decades when they were lured to the North by Pyongyang’s false promise of living in the “paradise on Earth.”

Russia's Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued Monday, said it will suspend peace treaty negotiations with Japan. As Russia has unilaterally refused to continue the treaty negotiations, the road toward improving bilateral relations, including in regard to the issue of the northern territories, has become more difficult.

The Japanese economy is the third-largest national economy, and the Japanese yen (JPY) is the third most commonly traded currency after the U.S. dollar and the euro.  Since 2012, the JPY has weakened from 75 yen against the dollar to just over 120 yen against the dollar today. This month…

Hit by a cold wave, the Kanto region has fallen into the worst power crisis since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The government and electric power companies need to seriously reflect on their over-optimistic outlook and take countermeasures.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a virtual address to Japan’s parliament, has called on the lawmakers to keep up sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine to pressure Moscow into seeking peace

Russia bears full responsibility for the suspension of negotiations. The Japanese government must stick to its principle of demanding the return of the illegally occupied northern territories and enhance the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia.

The U.S. and U.K. have announced a trade deal to remove tariffs on British steel & aluminum and American whiskey, motorcycles, and tobacco, the Wall Street Journal reported. Biden administration officials said the agreement would allow the U.K to ship “historically-based sustainable volumes” of steel and aluminum products to the U.S. without…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Japan on Wednesday to step up sanctions pressure on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, by introducing a trade embargo on Russian goods.

Saudi Arabia can secure qualification for the World Cup finals with victory over China on Thursday but coach Herve Renard says they will not be satisfied unless they finish the preliminaries top of the group. Renard's side lead Group B by a point from Japan, with Australia three points further…

The Socceroos will wait until the last minute before making a call on the fitness of striker Mathew Leckie for their crunch World Cup qualifier against Japan.

Japan lifted a power-supply warning for Tokyo and surrounding areas on Wednesday as supply stabilised, a day after the government had warned of possible blackouts in the aftermath of an earthquake last week.