A huge fire broke out in the city of Oita, on the Japanese island of Kyushu, damaging at least 170 buildings and forcing residents to evacuate, authorities said. Aerial footage showed the scale of the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited the security ministries and judicial bodies. A South Korean news outlet says the ...

China has warned there is “no market” for Japanese seafood exports, the latest veiled threat from Beijing as its diplomatic spat with Tokyo escalates over recent comments by Japan’s leader on ...

According to local media reports in Hiroshima on Tuesday, former prime minister Fumio Kishida said in a recent interview that since taking office as prime minister, he had clearly stated that he would ...

Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, boasts the highest production of farmed oysters in the country. But the shellfish have ...

Stocks struggled on Wednesday (Nov 19) to kickstart a recovery following the latest stagger across world markets that has ...

China has intensified its backlash following Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s remarks in parliament regarding a ...

China informed Japan on Wednesday that it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood, media outlets reported - a decision which comes amid an escalating diplomatic dispute between Asia's top two ...

“The government’s response to the weaker yen has been too muted,” said Goushi Kataoka, a former Bank of Japan Policy Board ...

The small firm, which specialises in group tours largely for Chinese clients, is at the sharp end of a backlash that threatens to deal a sizable blow to Japan's economy, the world's fourth largest ...

China has informed Japan that it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood, media outlets reported on Wednesday, in what ...

About 110 billion yen ($708 million) of the defense budget for fiscal 2024 was unused, the government said, raising questions ...