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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shortly after his arrival at Piarco International Airport South Terminal yesterday where he was greeted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Dookeran and Ambassador of Japan Yoshimasa Tezuka.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to reporters during a meeting in Brasilia July 16, 2014.

An increasing number of Japanese fathers are taking a more active role in raising their children, but some also feel beaten down by a society that doesn't support their efforts.

A series of anonymous murder confessions were posted on the popular 2channel Internet forum Saturday evening, prompting police to investigate their possible link with the death and dismemberment of 15-year-old Aiwa Matsuo in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.

Iconic camera maker Leica hit the web a few weeks ago to offer a glimpse into the conceptual design behind its Kyoto flagship store located on Hanamikoji street in the Gion district.

Japanese firms with a focus on Information and Communication Technology , Clean Technologies and Agro-processing are being encouraged by Prime Minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar to set up shop at the recently launched Tamana Intech Park in east Trinidad.

BALLARAT High School was one of four schools chosen to visit by a Japanese calligraphy teaching group in its whistle stop tour of Australia.

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Japan Corporation , has signed an agreement to supply 32 MWs of multicrystalline PV modules to a large-scale project located in ... (more)

A journalist receives a check for radiation after visiting Tokyo Electric Power Co.'

Japanese citizens, like Singaporeans, may have to pay to get in while foreigners can enter for free when casinos open their doors for business in Japan, according to reports in a leading business daily.

BEIJING: Zhu Qianling, a graduate of Tianjin University of Science & Technology , has been working on her visa for Japan after receiving an offer from Chiba University earlier this month.

A 15-year-old Japanese schoolgirl is being held in police custody after she admitted murdering her classmate and dismembering her body.

The father of TV personality Rola has been arrested on suspicion of swindling A 875,000 from the Japanese health insurance system between December 2008 and January 2009, police sources said.

Secret USS Indianapolis photos unveiled to survivors A previously unpublished collection of USS Indianapolis photos was unveiled at the survivors reunion in Indianapolis.

The Arakawa River originates near, and flows through, Fukushima city, which is located about 70 kilometres from the devastated Daiichi nuclear power plant.

'No blood, no drugs, no weapons': Mystery surrounds the death of couple found in each others arms in Hilton hotel room after apparent double suicide by 'overdose' Fury of PoWs after new leader of BNP visits shrine to Japanese war criminals who killed Allied troops in Second World War The new leader of the BNP has been accused of insulting Britain's ... (more)

The destroyer Wuhan leads a fleet of Chinese ships, heading for the biggest joint naval exercise with Russia in the Sea of Japan.

About 1,000 deer live in the roughly 1,200 acres that constitute Nara Park in Nara, Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during a meeting with Japanese bussinesmen at the Industriales Club in Mexico City, on July 25, 2014.

I was so ignorant of nuclear power plants, I kept on living [in Koriyama, 60 km from Fukushima Daiichi].