Hirokazu Matsuno

TOKYO: Two soldiers were killed and a third wounded when a fellow recruit opened fire at a training range in central Japanon Wednesday, the military said."During a live-bullet exercise as part of new personnel training, one Self-Defense…

TOKYO: A Japanese court on Thursday said a ban on same-sex marriage was constitutional but it raised concerns about the dignity and human rights of same-sex couples, a ruling short of activists' expectations but still seen as a step…

BEIJING: China will ban vessels from an area near Taiwan on Sunday because of the possibility of falling rocket debris, its maritime safety agency said on Thursday, as Japan sought details from Beijing on a reported no-fly zone in the same…

TOKYO: Japanis easing its coronavirus border measures for tourists from China beginning Wednesday by testing only random passengers, a top government spokesman said on Monday.Since December, Japan has been testing all travellers from…

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he had told Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in a phone call on Friday that he would weigh an invitation to visit Kyivdepending on "various circumstances" but nothing had yet been…

TOKYO: The number of babies born in Japan this year is below last year's record low in what the the top government spokesman described as a “critical situation.” Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsunopromised comprehensive measures to…

TOKYO: Japanon Tuesday demanded Russia apologise for detaining a diplomat over alleged espionage, denying the charge and accusing Moscow of blindfolding and pinning the man down in "unbelievable acts". The Japanese diplomat based in the…

TOKYO: Japanhas protested to Russia over multinational military exercises including China that it is conducting on Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, and is seriously concerned about shooting drills by the two countries' warships off…

TOKYO: Japan's western prefecture of Osaka will record about 6,000 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the Kyodo news agency said, far surpassing the previous all-time high of 3,760 set on the weekend. The numbers of new cases in the…

Japan announced Friday it won't send a delegation of ministers to represent the government at the Beijing Games but three Olympic officials will attend, a mixed…