Japan

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Security Council's Secretary Nikolai Patrushev as they visit a sports hall of the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University in the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 26, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo
Europe

Kremlin hawk Patrushev urges Japan to halt 'militarisation' towards Russia, China

A former KGB officer and a Cold War warrior who crafted the Kremlin's national security strategy, Patrushev said, without providing evidence, that NATO intends to use the Japanese fleet to...

Government-stockpiled rice aiming at resolving persisting price rises displayed at Ito-Yokado grocery store, a subsidiary of Seven & i Holdings, in Tokyo, Japan May 31, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Asia

Trump demand for Japan to buy more US rice snagged trade talks: Nikkei

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World+Biz

Japanese authorities apologise at grave of wrongfully accused man

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo, Japan, August 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool
Asia

Japan's Ishiba, South Korea's Lee agree closer cooperation before Lee meets Trump

A remote-controlled robot unit for removing nuclear contamination is unveiled in Japan, aiming to clean Fukushima nuclear plant that suffered a meltdown following the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. Photo: AFP
Asia

Robots deployed for Fukushima radioactive debris removal

A vehicle advances through a flooded road in Kumamoto, southern Japan Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Photo: Kyodo News via AP via UNB
Asia

Flooding and mudslides in southern Japan cause missing persons

Attendees pray for the victims in front of the Nagasaki Peace Statue on the day of a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city, at Nagasaki's Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, August 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato
Asia

Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since A-bomb

Doves fly over the Peace Memorial Park with a view of the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome at a ceremony in Hiroshima, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 6, 2025. Photo: Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Asia

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since A-bomb

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles looks on during his ceremonial reception, in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis//File Photo
Asia

Japan clinches landmark $6.5 billion warship deal with Australia

A delegation of the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro) held a meeting with leaders of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) at the association’s office in Uttara today (30 July). Photo: Courtesy
Economy

Japan seeks better logistics to boost investment in Bangladesh

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Foreign Policy

Bangladesh and Japan join forces to transform ship recycling industry

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 13, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Asia

In Japan, tsunami warning resurfaces memories of Fukushima disaster

A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist's illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters on May 15, 2012. Photo :Reuters
Science

Japanese scientists delete extra chromosome behind Down syndrome using CRISPR