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Russia scraps visa-free visits to islands disputed with Japan
Russia has scrapped an agreement with Japan to allow Japanese former residents to visit disputed islands off Hokkaido without visas, triggering a protest Tuesday from Tokyo as tensions between the two nations remain high over Moscow's…
Russia inspects more Japanese kelp fishing boats due to Ukraine war
Russia has been increasing its inspections of Japanese kelp fishing boats off a group of disputed islands this year, a fisheries body and other sources said Monday, in apparent retaliation for Tokyo's participation in international…
Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor may approach southwestern Japan on Sept 6
Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor may approach Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, the weather agency said, while warning of high waves, strong wind gusts and mudslides.
The season's 11th typhoon was moving slowly north over…
At least 146 LDP lawmakers had dealings with Unification Church
At least 146 lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party have had dealings with the Unification Church or affiliated organizations.
Politicians' connections to the church, formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and…
Japan orders evacuation, cancels flights as super typhoon approaches
Super Typhoon Hinnamnor is approaching Japan's southerly Okinawan islands with hurricane-force winds that prompted the local authorities to order evacuations and airlines to cancel flights.
Okinawa's Miyakojima and Ishigaki cities…
G7 agree on Russian oil price cap to deplete Moscow’s war chest
Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven advanced economies agreed Friday to cap Russian oil prices in their latest effort to squeeze Moscow's revenues for its war in Ukraine while preventing global energy prices from surging by keeping crude…
Typhoon Hinnamnor to slam Okinawa islands through weekend
Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor is slowly moving toward Okinawa on Friday from its current location to the south of the Japanese prefecture, with stormy weather set to hit on the weekend.
The typhoon is forecast to approach the Sakishima…
Japan warns of impacts of yen’s rapid depreciation to 24-year low
The Japanese government warned Friday of fallout from the rapid depreciation of the yen after the currency slumped to a fresh 24-year low against the U.S. dollar, saying it is prepared to take "appropriate action" to bring stability in…
Russia OKs Japan firm’s investment in Sakhalin 2 energy project
Russia has authorized investment by Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. in the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas energy project, the company said Wednesday, a step toward resource-poor Japan procuring stable supplies of liquefied natural gas.…
Kazuo Inamori, founder, honorary chairman of Kyocera, dies at 90
Kazuo Inamori, founder and honorary chairman of electronics maker Kyocera Corp. who made the Kyoto-based company a leader in its field of industrial ceramics, has died, the company said Tuesday. He was 90.
Inamori, one of the country's…