Japan

Several roads remain unpassable in Japan

September 14 (Eagle News) -- Many roads in Japan remain impassable despite the lessening of the flood due to uprooted…

Japan-Philippines Friendship Regatta Held

ENOSHIMA, JAPAN -  Members of the Philippines and Japan national sailing teams raced through the coastal waters of Enoshima last August…

Japanese residents recall horror of flash floods; 800,000 people at one point advised to evacuate

(Reuters) -- Floods that swept houses off their foundations and crushed others under landslides spread across Japan on Friday (September…

Japan stocks tumble to 6-month lows

AUGUST 24 (Reuters) -- Japanese stocks posted their biggest fall in more than two years on Monday (August 24), with…

Typhoon Goni lashes out at southern Japanese islands

[gallery columns="2" ids="58617,58616"] AUGUST 24 (Reuters) -- Typhoon Goni lashed the southern islands of Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture on Monday (August…

Explosion rocks warehouse at US military base in Japan

AUGUST 24 (Reuters) -- An explosion rocked a warehouse at a U.S. military base in Sagamihara, Japan, but there were…

Japan asks North Korea to exercise ‘self-restraint’

AUGUST 21 (Reuters) -- Japan asked Pyongyang to exercise 'self-restraint' on Friday (August 21) after North Korea fired shots across…

Japan economy shrinks in Q2 in setback for “Abenomics”

(Reuters) -- Japan's economy shrank at an annualized pace of 1.6 percent in April-June, government data showed on Monday (August…

Earthquake hits eastern Japan

IBARAKI, Japan, August 7 (Eagle News) -- A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook the eastern part of Japan, centering on the…

Japanese PM pushes law that could see troops fighting abroad

  (Reuters) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday (July 16) pushed through legislation in the lower house of…

Japan pledges $6 bln to Mekong nations as China prepares new bank

  (Reuters)  Japan said on Saturday (July 3) it would extend around $6 billion in development aid to Mekong region…

Handsome gorilla attracts tourists in Japan

JUNE 30 (Eagle News) -- In the lighter side of the news, a handsome gorilla became a popular attraction for…

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