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The Ukrainian ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky, said on Friday it was possible Russian President Vladimir Putin would be willing to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine in the face of its determined resistance against the Russian invasion.

Islands between Russia and Japan have been source of territorial dispute dating to end of Second World War

Liz Clay will headline a stacked field in the 100m hurdles at the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday.

In the predawn hours of March 10, 1945, the United States indiscriminately bombed Japan's capital using B-29s, killing 100,000 people in what became known as the Great Tokyo Air Raid.

The shift of tone since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the collapse of faith of both the Japanese government and the public that Russia will abide by international norms, analysts say.

NEW DELHI: Tokyo Olympics bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain (70kg) on Wednesday made the cut for the women's world championships to be held in Istanbul in May after three days of trials at the end of which some other seasoned campaigners like Nikhat Zareen (52kg) and Pooja Rani (81kg) also qualified for…

TOKYO: Most foreign students waiting to study in Japan will likely be able to enter the country by the end of May, as a new priority entry programme is set to begin amid softer Covid-19 border controls, the top Japanese government spokesman said on Wednesday.

As the UK makes it a criminal offence for Russian aircraft to breach its airspace ban and airlines the world over re-route their Europe to Asia flights, these are the chief effects of the new ‘Cold War of the Skies’

Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency)…

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but for the visually impaired, one touch is worth a thousand words. One touch can better expand their world than listening to the explanations of masterpieces and sightseeing spots hundreds of times.

The Sessho-Seki rock, found in the Tochigi mountains near Tokyo, Japan, is said to house an evil nine-tailed fox and recently split into two almost equal parts