Hundreds of flights grounded as typhoon nears Japan
A powerful typhoon was on course for a direct hit on Tokyo Monday, with nearly 400 flights grounded due to ...
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Tensions forcing Japan to develop missile
TOKYO"•Japan will develop a new land-to-sea missile as part of plans to beef up its defense of remote southern islands, ...
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Japan to donate two ships, lease jets to PH
JAPAN on Friday announced it would give the Philippines two new vessels to boost Manila’s capacity to patrol its waters, ...
Read moreJapan’s declining jobless rate is due to aging
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sees it, Japan’s tight labor market is a key success of his economic strategy: the ...
Read moreJapan summons Sino envoy anew over ship incursions
Tokyo—Japan summoned China’s ambassador Tuesday after the country’s ships were spotted near disputed East China Sea islands for a fifth ...
Read more1st patrol boat from Tokyo arrives Aug. 18
ONE of the 10 patrol boats committed by Japan is scheduled to arrive on August 18, Coast Guard spokesman Commander ...
Read more230 Sino boats, 6 ships in disputed sea–Japan
Tokyo—Some 230 Chinese fishing vessels and six coast guard ships, including three apparently carrying weapons, sailed into waters close to ...
Read moreJapan observes 71st year of Hiroshima bombing
Tokyo—Japan on Saturday marked 71 years since the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by a US atomic bomb, as its ...
Read moreUS demands sanctions vs Nokor
United Nations—The United States and its allies on Wednesday pressed the UN Security Council to condemn North Korea after it ...
Read moreJapan builds farm-to-market road in Quezon province
A new farm-to-market road was inaugurated Friday in the municipality of Agdangan, Quezon by Japanese Embassy First Secretary Kenji Terada, ...
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