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Japan on Tuesday signalled it would approve the nuclear energy deal between India and the United States, raising the chances that the controversial pact will come into force.

Japan on Monday put out international arrest warrants for three Western anti-whaling activists who tried to disrupt a controversial whaling expedition in the Antarctic Ocean in 2007, police said.

Japanese police have sought arrest warrants for three anti-whaling activists after their heated clashes with Tokyo's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean last year, the government said on Monday.

Farm minister Seiichi Ota's remark criticizing the public for "nagging" about food safety has drawn criticism from opposition parties.

The key to getting bills and personnel appointments through the divided Diet is "patience," says Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura.

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda reshuffled his 17-member Cabinet Friday in a bid to bolster support rate ahead of next House of Representatives election.

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will visit China to attend Friday's Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony and hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka ...

Two Japanese journalists covering Monday's terrorist attack here that left 16 police officers dead were detained and beaten by local police, prompting an immediate protest from Tokyo.

JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda implied today that he will not visit the Tokyo-based Yasukuni Shrine on August 15, the anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II.

An American nuclear-powered submarine may have leaked a small amount of radiation as it stopped by Japan in the spring and was then deployed throughout the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese government said Saturday.

By Linda Sieg

TOKYO (Reuters) - Struggling Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda's revamp of his cabinet has done little to improve the unpopular leader's image among voters, media surveys released on Sunday showed, fanning doubts over whether he can keep his job.

Fukuda, 72, tapped a popular rival, former foreign minister Taro Aso, for a top ruling party post and reshuffled his cabinet to try to erase doubts about his leadership skills among voters who are worried about a slowing economy, rising fuel and food prices and the growing welfare costs of a fast-ageing population.

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Friday reshuffled his Cabinet and it was officially launched Saturday morning after its members attended the Emperor's confirmation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

A small amount of radiation leaked from a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine that stopped by Japan earlier this year, the Japanese government said on Saturday, prompting calls by civic groups for full disclosure.

Space shuttle Discovery Mission Commander Mark Kelly explains about a picture collage to Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda at the latter's official residence in Tokyo yesterday TOKYO: The US commander of ...

Japan and China are expressing bitter disappointment over the collapse of Word Trade Organization talks in Geneva.

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was expected to announce a major reshuffle of his Cabinet Friday to shore up support among voters, according to local media reports.

Economic powers and developing nations traded blame yesterday over the collapse of global trade talks amid a row over food tariffs, but expressed hope the marathon efforts are not yet dead.

Speculation is rife in Nagata-cho that Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda may name a new Cabinet early next week.

Trade talks broke down July 29 as India and China refused to bow to U.S. demands on agricultural subsidies Indian farmers clean the paddy on farm land in Singur, some 50 kms north of Kolkata.

South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo visited a set of islets Tuesday at the center of a territorial dispute with Japan as the highest-level official ever to travel there.