Shinzo Abe

Abe has promised to bolster Japanese defence capabilities in the wake of North Korea's "unacceptable" provocations.

The ship washed up on a beach in Kashiwazaki in north Japan, prompting concerns that Pyongyang has launched a spy campaign.

North Korean spies feared to have infiltrated 'ghost ships' off north western coast of Japan as Pyongyang advances nuclear programme.

The woman, Lee Yong Soo, was enslaved by the Japanese Army during World War II when she was just 16-years-old. She is one of around 30 living "comfort women" who served the Japanese.

Reddit users shared a gif showing a man rolling down a golf bunker - and claim it shows the Japanese Prime Minister taking a fall while Donald Trump walks by unaware.

The US president met with the Japanese comedian/musician at a formal dinner hosted by the Asian country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Trump did not rule out military action and exhorted dictator Kim Jong-Un to cease weapons testing.

North Korea accuses "sinister and crafty Japanese reactionaries" of "smear campaign" and resorting to "trite tricks".

Ex-employee tells IBTimes UK that senior managers at Japan's industrial giant were too scared or proud to admit failures that have now amplified into a colossal scandal.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is set to visit Japan but will not meet Emperor Akihito.

The incumbent ran on predictable platform in unpredictable times and prevailed despite his ambition to change the constitution few have an appetite for.

Policy stimulus and frenetic construction for the summer games in 2020 seen aiding Japanese economy, according to new analysis.

Japan's benchmark share index hits highest level in 21 years after Abe won a decisive election victory on 22 October.

Prime Minister Abe's ruling coalition secures a resounding victory in snap polls, giving the bloc a supermajority in the lower house.

Exit polls, including one by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, predict that a challenge by Tokyo's populist governor Yuriko Koike has failed.

Media polls have indicated voters are passively choosing Abe's government despite its railroading of unfavorable bills and cronyism scandals.

Miwa Sado only took two days off work and put in 159 hours overtime in the month before she died. It is not the first high-profile death from overwork in the Asian nation.

Pyongyang called the Japanese PM a "headless chicken" at the UN General Assembly gathering.

Japan's prime minister said the lower house of Diet will be dissolved on Thursday.

Abe, on a visit to India, and Modi also lay foundation for $17bn bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

The prime minister arrives in the country on Wednesday for trade and security talks.

Every 15 August, Japan upsets its neighbours by holding a memorial service at a shrine honouring its dead, including war criminals.

Shinzo Abe commemorates 72nd anniversary since world's first nuclear bomb was dropped, killing over 100,000 people.

Donald Trump has grown impatient with China over the state of play in North Korea.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he apologises to Japanese people 'from the bottom of my heart' over the situation.

The US president said Abe did not even say "hello" while sitting next to him at the two-hour G20 dinner.

It is not the first time the US President has been refused a handshake in public.

The amended law allows prosecutors to arrest people conspiring to commit a crime.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the test unacceptable.

WHO and IOC urge Shinzo Abe government to introduce anti-smoking measures.