A marvelous memoir by Ivan Thunder recounts how it really was on the sand of Iwo Jima, a tiny island drenched in the blood of Americans and Japanese fighting for supremacy during the Second World War.

Japan is without nuclear power as the last of its working reactors has been switched off for routine maintenance checks.

A man of undoubted political skills, a history within the Liberal Democrats and as Foreign Minister in the Nakasone government, he later reached leadership of Democratic Party. He left the Party because of trial, but could re-enter. His goal is to become Prime Minister.

Protests against Lady Gaga have emerged in Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Nonetheless, she is welcomed in Japan, Australia, and elsewhere on her Asian tour 'Born this way'.

The two leaders met on Tuesday and Wednesday in Tokyo. Defence was at the centre of their talks. Great Britain will be only the second country after the United States to cooperate with Japan on weapons development. Cameron calls on Japan to agree to an EU-Japan free trade agreement.

Japan says it will go ahead and issue entry visas to those attending the World Uyghur Congress next month.

Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa said Japan has carried out three executions.

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power station in Niiagata prefecture has been taken offline. For the time being, the country appears to be ready to give up on nuclear energy after the Fukushima disaster in March 2011. There are now fears for industrial production and summer energy supplies.

The Japanese defence minister ordered the preparation of a "missile defense system", which will be located near the island of Okinawa. The international community is concerned about the escalation of tension. Ban Ki-moon: a launch could discourage international donors and stop humanitarian aid to ...

Japan is preparing to mark the first anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast coast as newly released government papers show the cabinet was warned of the possibility of a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

It was the most powerful earthquake in the history of the country. The energy released is 600 million times that of the Hiroshima bomb. Apocalyptic figures of dead, missing and destruction. The problem of waste disposal persists: everyone fears contamination by nuclear waste. Parliament and public ...

The auxiliary bishop of Osaka was delighted to welcome a group of young South Koreans, sent by their church to the Land of the Rising Sun in the exchange program between the two communities: "God wants us to rediscover unity, the gift that we are losing because of an increasingly competitive world. ...

The film is a provocation to the Rising Sun: he deals with the "imperial system" in place before the Second World War, faith and affirms the right to challenge the "deification" of the State and the flag.

Japan's prime minister says Tokyo has yet to decide whether it will reduce oil imports from Iran in line with U.S. sanctions.

Makoto Hirata, a member of the apocalyptic sect Aum Shinrikyo, launched nerve gas into the capital’s subway in March 1995. 13 cult members still on death row waiting to be hanged. Hirata says he “wants to close with the past."

Japan formally announced that it has regained full control over the leaking reactors at its Fukushima nuclear plant, signaling that the crisis there is over.

Meiji is voluntarily pulling its Meiji Step infant formula as a precaution.