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Japan slashes 2020 Olympic stadium price tag Japan said it would slash the cost of Tokyo's new 2020 Olympic stadium by more than 40 percent, after ditching its original plan due to the eye-watering $2 billion price tag.
28 August 2015
Obama says sorry to Japan after WikiLeaks claims of US spying US President Barack Obama on Wednesday apologised to Tokyo after WikiLeaks claimed Washington had spied on Japanese politicians.
26 August 2015
Japan premier hits out at Russian PM's visit to disputed islands Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday criticised his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev's weekend visit to disputed islands.
24 August 2015
Huge blaze breaks out at steel plant near Tokyo's Haneda airport: official A huge blaze broke out Monday at steel plant near Tokyo's Haneda airport as television images showed plumes of thick black smoke and flames shooting up into the air.
24 August 2015
Russian PM visits disputed Kuril islands, triggering Japan protest Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev landed Saturday in the Kuril islands, prompting a swift rebuke from Tokyo, which claims sovereignty over the northwest Pacific archipelago in a long-running dispute.
22 August 2015
BuzzFeed moves to Japan in Yahoo partnership BuzzFeed announced plans to launch a Japanese news website in a partnership with Yahoo Japan, the latest step in a global expansion push.
18 August 2015
Japan economy's contraction a blow for 'Abenomics' Japan's economy contracted last quarter, boosting speculation the central bank will be forced to unleash more stimulus as Tokyo's "Abenomics" growth blitz stumbles.
17 August 2015
Japan PM expresses WWII remorse, but not enough for victims Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed deep remorse Friday over World War II and said previous national apologies would stand.
15 August 2015
Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo designer faces fresh plagiarism claims The designer of Tokyo's 2020 Olympics logo said he has withdrawn some designs created for drinks giant Suntory in the wake of fresh plagiarism allegations.
14 August 2015
'Children of the aggressor': the Japanese war babies adopted by China Now 73 and sitting in his Tokyo home, Yohachi Nakajima fights back tears when he thinks of his Chinese adopted mother and the farming village he once called homeю
12 August 2015
Japan ends nuclear shutdown four years after Fukushima Japan ended a two-year nuclear shutdown in the energy-hungry country, sparked by public fears following the 2011 Fukushima crisis, the worst atomic disaster in a generation.
11 August 2015
Disney apologises for 'inappropriate' tweet on Nagasaki anniversary US entertainment giant Disney was forced to apologise after one of its Japanese language tweets was criticised for being insensitive.
10 August 2015
Draft of Japan PM's WWII statement includes 'apology': report A draft of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II includes the word "apology".
10 August 2015
Chingiz Alpyspayev. Photo courtesy of Chingiz Alpyspayev 17-yo Almaty native to participate at World Yo-Yo Champion in Tokyo Chingiz Alpyspayev, 17, from Kazakhstan is going to the World Yo-Yo Champion in Tokyo
06 August 2015
Japan's Hiroshima ceremonies 'scheming': Chinese media A Chinese newspaper with close ties to the ruling Communist Party slammed Japan for commemorating the atomic bombing of Hiroshima without highlighting its own wartime aggression.
06 August 2015
Political sweetener: Japan PM Abe to get branded honey Step aside Abe-nomics, the Shinzo Abe brandwagon is rolling on... into honey, after the Japanese prime minister's wife decided to establish a beehive at their official residence.
13 July 2015
Nintendo says CEO Satoru Iwata dead of cancer at 55 Nintendo said Monday that its chief executive Satoru Iwata has died of cancer at the age of 55.
13 July 2015
History will prove me right over security bills: Japan PM Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed his push to beef up Japan's military in the face of public and parliamentary opposition would be vindicated by history.
09 July 2015
World's oldest man dies at 112 in Japan The world's oldest man, Sakari Momoi, has died in Japan at the ripe old age of 112.
07 July 2015
Japan's Meiji industrial sites win UN world heritage status The UN's cultural body conferred world heritage status on a number of new sites including some seen as representative of Japan's industrial revolution.
06 July 2015
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