Tag: Japan
Japan’s lead trade negotiator defends tariffs deal with the US
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s chief trade negotiator has defended a tariffs deal with the U.S., expressing respect for…
Japan is arming a warship with US missiles that can hit targets up to 1,000 miles away as Pacific arms race heats up
A Japanese warship is on the way to the United States to be fitted with Tomahawk cruise missiles,…
Hackers halt production at Japan’s biggest brewer
Japan’s biggest beer maker Asahi Group says it has suspended orders and shipping services in the country after…
Japan PM contender Koizumi seeks to quash criticism over prized grape
By Kaori Kaneko and Mariko KatsumuraTOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a top contender to become the…
Japan PM says Palestine state recognition ‘when not if’
Japan's prime minister told the United Nations on Tuesday that Tokyo's recognition of the State of Palestine was…
Photos show historic Japanese shrine that is torn down and rebuilt every 20 years
Members of the Shinto priesthood try to push down a sacred timber from a wheeled platform at the…
Takeaways from AP’s report on Japan’s most sacred shrine, rebuilt every 20 years for a millennium
ISE, Japan (AP) — Every two decades for the last 1,300 years, Ise Jingu, Japan’s most revered Shinto…
Japan’s ruling party opens leadership race to choose Ishiba’s successor
TOKYO (AP) — Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ’s ruling party opened official campaigning Monday to find…
Floating wind power sets sail in Japan’s energy shift
Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale…
Japan plans not to recognise Palestinian state for now, foreign minister says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan does not plan to recognise a Palestinian state at U.N. meetings this month, Foreign…
AI have a dream? A fringe party in Japan wants a chatbot penguin to be its leader
After years of threatening to upend industries around the world, artificial intelligence could soon enter the corridors of…