2 US Navy sailors convicted in Okinawa rape
Two U.S. Navy sailors were convicted and sentenced to prison on Friday for raping and robbing a woman on Okinawa in a crime that outraged many on the ...
ADB president nominated to head Japan central bank
Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe vowed to push ahead with more aggressive monetary easing as he Thursday nominated Haruhiko Kuroda to head the ...
ADB president leading name for Japan central bank
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing to nominate Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda to head Japan's central bank and help spearhead ...
Japan stocks jump on BOJ candidate speculation
Japanese stocks led most Asian markets higher Monday, roaring ahead on a report that the prime minister's pick for central bank governor will be a ...
PM says 'Japan's back,' vows stronger ties with US
Japan's new prime minister declared Friday he would make his country a stronger U.S. ally and joined President Barack Obama in warning North Korea ...
Japan posts record $17.4B trade deficit in Jan
Japan posted a record 1.63 trillion yen ($17.4 billion) trade deficit in January as rebounding exports lagged behind surging imports of crude oil and ...
Asia stocks mixed, Japan's Nikkei up as yen falls
Japan's benchmark stock index jumped Monday after Group of 20 finance officials refrained from directly criticizing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ...
Japan economy shrinks, fueling push for weak yen
Japan's economy shrank in the last three months of 2012, its third straight quarter of contraction, giving the government ammunition to defend its ...
Asia stocks up on strong US corporate earnings
Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after strong U.S. corporate earnings sent the Dow close to its record high. Japanese shares faltered, however, as ...
Japan's Nikkei jumps on weaker yen
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 led Asian stocks higher Tuesday as the yen weakened after a possible candidate for Bank of Japan governor voiced support for easier ...
China gives markets a lift at end of bruising week
Markets in Europe and Asia ended the week strongly after better-than-expected Chinese figures shored up hopes over the world's second-largest economy.
Jets roar as US, Japan, Australia drill in Pacific
Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into western Pacific skies in the combat phase of annual exercises that have gained importance ...
Japan says 2 Russian fighters entered its airspace
Japan's Defense Ministry said two Russian fighter jets briefly intruded Thursday into Japanese airspace as the country was holding rallies demanding ...
Russia denies violation of Japan's airspace
Russia's Defense Ministry has rejected a claim by Japan that two Russian fighter jets have violated its airspace. The Japanese Defense Ministry says ...
Japan industrial production up 2.5 percent in Dec.
Japan's industrial production picked up pace in December from the month before, in a sign the world's third-largest economy may be stabilizing thanks ...
Tensions linger in US over 'comfort women' plaques
Four years ago, noticing plaques at the county courthouse commemorating slavery, the Holocaust and other atrocities, Korean-American community leader ...
Japan ex-China envoy: Tokyo erred on islands row
Japan's former envoy to China says his country erred in choosing to buy islands claimed by both Japan and China last fall, infuriating Beijing, and ...
Japan's consumer prices fall for fourth year
Japan's consumer prices fell in 2012 for the fourth straight year, highlighting the central bank's challenge in fighting deflation as its governor ...
Japan gives letter to China's Xi in island dispute
A senior envoy handed China's leader a cordial letter from Japan's prime minister Friday in the highest-level contact between the sides since tensions ...
Bank of Japan sets 2 percent inflation target
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a "monetary regime change" Tuesday as the central bank bowed to government pressure, setting a 2 percent ...
Japan talk of warning shots heats up China dispute
Japan says it may fire warning shots and take other measures to keep foreign aircraft from violating its airspace in the latest verbal blast between ...
Adviser hails 'Abenomics,' says dollar can rise
The expert behind the monetary policies of Japan's new prime minister welcomed the recovering stock market and favorable exchange rate as signs of ...
As yen weakens, BOJ gov says easing to persist
The governor of Japan's central bank says it will persist in easing monetary conditions as it tries to pull the country out of a deflationary slump.
New Japan PM: China's island dispute moves 'wrong'
Reaffirming his hawkish stance on China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan will not negotiate with Beijing over a contested cluster of ...
Japan's Nikkei jumps on Abe's stimulus package
Japan's Nikkei stock index jumped Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a massive spending package intended to breathe life into the ...
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