Japan promises to ‘lead the world’ in fighting Russian aggression with $5.5 billion in Ukraine aid | CNN

Tokyo CNN  —  Japan pledged $5.5 billion in humanitarian aid to Ukraine on Monday, nearly quadrupling…

Why Japan has so many ‘never travelers’ | CNN

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North Korea tests long-range ballistic missile, Seoul says | CNN

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  North Korea launched a presumed long-range ballistic missile Saturday afternoon, South…

Watch | Japan aborts launch of flagship H3 rocket moments before lift off

Japan’s ambitious launch of its flagship H3 rocket resulted in a failure on Friday, and that…

Japan nominates new central bank leader in possible move away from ultra-easy policy | CNN Business

Hong Kong CNN  —  The Japanese government has nominated Kazuo Ueda to lead its central bank,…

A gibbon who lived alone in her cage had a baby. Japanese zookeepers finally know how | CNN

CNN  —  Japanese zookeepers believe they have solved the mystery of how a gibbon became pregnant…

Japan’s workers haven’t had a raise in 30 years. Companies are under pressure to pay up | CNN Business

Hong Kong/Tokyo CNN  —  Hideya Tokiyoshi started his career as an English teacher in Tokyo about…

The UK, Italy, Japan to set up international organisation for military innovation: Report

Less than two months after leaders of Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom said that their…

China to resume issuing visas for Japanese citizens, no decision on South Koreans yet

China on Sunday (January 29) announced that it would resume issuing visas for Japanese citizens, weeks…

Japan’s 300 schools, universities receive bomb, death threats; panic ensues

Hundreds of schools as well as universities across Japan received fax messages with bomb and death…