Japan

Before Taal Volcano eruption, Japan’s Mt. Shintake and Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano also spew ash, rocks

  Before Taal volcano in the Philippines erupted with steam and huge columns of ash on Sunday, Jan. 12, Japan's…

Japan’s Abe warns conflict with Iran impacts entire world

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that military confrontation with Iran will impact global…

Tugade, some members of the Diet of Japan meet, discuss ongoing and future railway projects

(Eagle News)-Transportation Secretary Art Tugade met with the Parliamentary Delegation of the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan …

Planes, trains and boxes: Carlos Ghosn’s audacious escape

  by Richard CARTER Agence France Presse Private jets, bullet trains and boxes with holes for breathing: Carlos Ghosn's escape…

DFA: Japan foreign minister to visit PHL from Jan. 8 to 9

(Eagle News)-Japan's foreign minister Motegi Toshimitsu will visit the Philippines from Jan. 8 to 9, the Department of Foreign Affairs…

Ghosn used one of two French passports to flee: media

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon to avoid a Japanese trial, was…

Japan’s Abe urges Hong Kong freedoms in Xi meeting

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong should "continue to be free and open", Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the…

Thousands sign Hiroshima petition to save A-bomb buildings

TOKYO Japan (AFP) -- Thousands of people have signed an online petition against the planned demolition of two early 20th-century…

Tokyo’s Nikkei closes up over 2.5% on UK election, trade talks

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei stock index jumped more than 2.5 percent Friday, boosted by hopes for a…

Japan launches human trial of new Ebola vaccine

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese scientists will begin the country's first human trial for a new vaccine against the…

Japanese doctor who won PHL Ramon Magsaysay Awards in 2003 among six killed in Afghanistan attack

  A Japanese doctor who dedicated almost 40 years of his life helping poor people in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, and…

Tokyo stocks open lower on faded hopes for US-China deal

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday, dragged down by diminished hopes for an imminent US-China trade…

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