Tag: Japan government

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — North Korea said Wednesday it tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile powered with solid propellants, extending a run in weapons demonstrations that’s deepening a ...

TOKYO (news agencies) — Japan said Sunday its experts have held talks with their Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing’s concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from ...

TOKYO (news agencies) — Japanese government health officials raided a factory Saturday producing health supplements that they say have killed at least five people and hospitalized more than 100 others.About ...

Japan Expands Skilled Foreign Worker Visa Program to Address Labor Shortages In a bid to alleviate Japan's driver shortage and tackle labor deficits in key industries, the government has announced ...

TOKYO (news agencies) — Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country ...

SEOUL, South Korea (news agencies) — North Korea said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has proposed a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as the North ...

MANILA, Philippines (news agencies) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will underscore Washington’s “ironclad commitment” to its alliance with the Philippines on Tuesday, as clashes between Chinese and Filipino forces ...

WASHINGTON (news agencies) — President Joe Biden came out in opposition to the planned sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan, saying on Thursday that the U.S. needs ...

TOKYO (news agencies) — A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing ...

WASHINGTON (news agencies) — The military services will take a key step toward getting the V-22 Osprey fleet back in the air as they lay out their plans Friday to ...