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Twenty-six sports, from sumo to surfing, have applied for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo organisers said amid a flaming row over who will pay for the main stadium.

• 12 июня 2015, 15:19

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe touched down at Munich airport, the first world leader to arrive for the G7 summit in southern Germany.

• 07 июня 2015, 11:13

Japan and the European Union will hold summit talks later, with a long-stalled Free Trade Agreement expected to be on the agenda.

• 29 мая 2015, 14:43

Leaders of 14 Pacific island nations gathered in Japan to start a two-day meeting to discuss their development needs.

• 22 мая 2015, 18:03

McDonald's Japan unveiled a limited revamp to its menu and pricing as the under-fire burger chain fights to restore its reputation

• 21 мая 2015, 15:44

Ariana Miyamoto entered the Miss Universe Japan beauty contest after a mixed-race friend committed suicide.

• 12 мая 2015, 14:50

A copy of a deeply moving pilot's log, written during the top-secret Enola Gay mission was auctioned in New York on Wednesday for $50,000.

• 30 апреля 2015, 13:35

A presidential haiku, sashimi salads and a red carpet awaited Japan's Shinzo Abe at the White House, as Barack Obama offered the prime minister a grand welcome.

• 29 апреля 2015, 15:02

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his remorse over the sexual slavery of Asian women during World War II.

• 29 апреля 2015, 10:48

Japan's state-of-the-art maglev train clocked a new world speed record in a test run near Mount Fuji.

• 21 апреля 2015, 15:34

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he may not issue a direct apology for Japan's past aggression in an upcoming statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

• 21 апреля 2015, 15:18

She can smile, she can sing and this robot receptionist who started work in Tokyo never gets bored of welcoming customers to her upmarket shop.

• 20 апреля 2015, 15:19

Kazakhstan’s Zhanat Zhakiyanov competing in the bantam weight (-53.42 kg) division has improved his WBA standing by two positions.

• 18 апреля 2015, 19:59

Samsung has removed its corporate logo from its new smartphones sold in Japan.

• 18 апреля 2015, 16:16

Japan's top whaling negotiator said Tokyo would try again to justify its "scientific" Antarctic Ocean hunt.

• 14 апреля 2015, 15:21

The mass beaching of more than 150 melon-headed whales on Japan's shores has fuelled fears of a repeat of a seemingly unrelated event in the country.

• 11 апреля 2015, 14:29

More than 130 melon-headed whales, a member of the dolphin family usually found in the deep ocean, beached in Japan.

• 10 апреля 2015, 13:36

Japanese tech fans got their first look Friday at the Apple Watch, with would-be early buyers queuing for a "trial fitting" in Tokyo's chic Omotesando area.

• 10 апреля 2015, 13:08

Japanese auto giant Toyota plans to invest a combined $1.3 billion to build new plants in China and Mexico, its first major investment in five years.

• 03 апреля 2015, 14:15

Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten has won the bronze medal of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2014 in Shanghai.

• 01 апреля 2015, 02:19