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Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda were prepared to bow as the 125th holder of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne disembarked from his plane Friday afternoon.

Japana s ruling party under embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso is in disarray and facing the spectre of electoral defeat after more than a half-century of almost unbroken rule, analysts say.

In todaya s most unsurprising bit of news, STYD reports that Sony is planning on releasing a fourth Resident Evil movie dubbed Resident Evil: Afterlife in theaters by September 17, 2010.

A genetic mutation of swine flu that is resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu has been discovered in Japan, the first such case in the country, the health ministry said.

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won't be going to Pearl Harbor.

The annual Sondheim Artscape Prize brings recognition to artists working in the region, with the six finalists currently exhibiting at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Although born after the 1945 US atomic strikes on Japan, Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano has said those events make him determined to oppose nuclear proliferation.

Asia's recession appears to have touched bottom and the region is likely to be the first to climb out of the global economic slowdown, the Asian Development Bank's chief economist said Thursday.

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hirohide Yamaguchi said on Monday that Japan is not in spiralling deflation and the central bank expects falls in consumer prices to moderate after the summer.

Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan will visit Canada from July 3 to 14, 2009.

"Please do not believe all the talk about the green shoots of the Japanese economy, which I suspect you might have heard.

A Japanese airport has taken delivery of several hi-tech 'wheelchairs', allowing airline staff and security guards to patrol the ticket halls and baggage areas in style.

A researcher wearing a cap that can read brain signals rides on a wheelchair that can be steered by detecting brain waves at Riken Brain Science Institute in Wako near Tokyo, Japan.

YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Pref. A 33-year-old newcomer beat the incumbent backed by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the Yokosuka mayoral election Sunday - a result seen as a blow to the prospects for Koizumi's son in the upcoming national election.

A new political party could take the reins in Japan for the first time in than more than a decade.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's allies called for unity in the fractious ruling party on Tuesday in an effort to head off moves to oust the unpopular leader ahead of a general election the ruling bloc looks set to lose.

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Kei Aran, center, performs during the Takarazuka theater's "The Rose of Versailles" final rehearsal in Tokyo in Februrary 2006 TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP / Getty Images Forty-four young women in wide hakama pants, fans tucked diagonally into waistbands, stand on stage at the Takarazuka Grand Theater, a 30-minute train ride west of Osaka.

It's seems an unlikely combination, but is the deal between Toyota and Aston Martin, announced yesterday, such a bad idea? Under the plan, Aston Martin will sell a version of the tiny Toyota iQ called the Cygnet to existing clients.

Industrial production in the world's second-biggest economy increased 5.9 per cent from the previous month, matching a rise in April that marked the biggest jump since March 1953.