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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…

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…

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 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.…

The next court hearing of a Japanese man in Myanmar was postponed to Sept. 6 in the trial over his alleged involvement in an anti-coup protest amid Japan's calls for his early release, a source close to the matter said Tuesday. The hearing…

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…

A Japanese court sentenced a 23-year-old man to four years in prison on Tuesday for setting fire to empty houses in a community of Korean residents in Kyoto Prefecture a year ago, in a case seen by the residents as a hate crime. The ruling…

Japan said Tuesday it will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries next year in the resort town of Karuizawa in the central prefecture of Nagano. The Cabinet also endorsed a plan to hold a…

An evacuation order in a town hosting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was lifted Tuesday for the first time since the March 2011 disaster 11 years and five months ago, as the municipality prepares for the return of some…

Japan's new Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged Monday (Aug 29) to keep a close eye on nations, including China, to protect Japan from danger. "We don't have a specific nation to watch in mind," Takaichi said. "However, we…