Japan News

For a long time, Japan was seen as an expensive travel destination, largely inaccessible due to the language barrier, with Mount Fuji and Geisha girls the main attractions.

Japan's history is one of family dynasties, from the emperor 's 1,400-year lineage to the father- son inheritance of Kabuki theater roles.

Woman walks past a stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average fell sharply in the morning.

Japan has been refusing to grant a diplomatic visa to a Russian diplomat for more than 18 months, several government sources said Sunday, with one saying he could be linked to the Russian intelligence service.

Japanese police allege an Osaka man confessed to starting a fast-moving fire that killed 15 people in a video parlor.

One could be fooled into thinking Onomichi was an island, where the ocean air whisps about the often deserted streets and the locals thrive from eclectic arts and hospitality industries.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new Prime Minister Taro Aso plans to visit China in late October, eyeing his first summit with Chinese leaders since taking office last month, government officials said on Sunday.

Tokyo and Beijing are in talks to set up a meeting between Aso and Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, when Aso attends the summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Beijing on October 24 and 25, two officials said.

Aso has shot down speculation that he would call a snap election later this month, saying that he would first work to stimulate the economy.

New Delhi, Oct 4: Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz Saturday appealed to the Indian government to open more visa centres across Britain for the benefit of the ethnic Indian community.

Sat, 04 Oct '08 Embraer delivered the first Embraer 170 jet to Japan Airlines Friday.

First-time visitors to Osaka are often surprised by the sight of a deep-red Ferris wheel suddenly appearing above a 10-story building among the skyscrapers near JR Osaka Station in Umeda.

CEATEC Japan 2008 Hall 4, stand #4B33 - SENSIO Technologies Inc. , inventor of the SENSIO 3D technology, will be presenting sport content in live stereoscopic format as part of its participation to CEATEC, ...

Everyone needs some chicken soup for the soul _ even pandas. The Wuhan Zoo in central China has been feeding its two pandas home-cooked chicken soup twice in a month to reduce stress and give them a nutritional ...

While snap elections appear to have been pushed back in Japan, the battle between the ruling and opposition camps is already well under way on the Internet.

DENSO Corporation announced today that it will build a new test facility at its Zenmyo Plant located in Nishio, Aichi, Japan for testing common rail systems-fuel injection systems for diesel vehicles.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make a three-day visit to Japan from Oct.

A 46-year-old Japanese man describing himself as "fed up with life" was under arrest for murder last night after apparently deliberately setting fire to a sleazy "video house" in central Osaka and killing 15 ...

Singapore's Parkway Trust Management Ltd. said Monday it has acquired seven Japanese nursing-care homes for a total of some 7.8 billion yen.

A court here Thursday ordered Osaka Governor Toru Hashimoto to pay 8 million yen in damages for urging the public to demand punitive action against lawyers defending a man accused of murder and rape.

The Japanese city of Miki in Hyogo Prefecture declared a financial crisis Monday.

A fire before dawn Wednesday in an Osaka sex shop left 15 patrons dead and 10 others injured, emergency authorities said.