The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

Liz Kincaid was removed from the coaching team just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics due to an investigation into her treatment of an athlete

TOKYO: The Ukrainian government has apologised over a video shared on Twitter that juxtaposed a picture of the late Japanese emperor Hirohito to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in describing Nazism and fascism.

NARITA, Japan: Traps to prevent turtles from infiltrating a runway at Narita airport near Tokyo have been set in its retention pond to avoid a repeat of a 2021 incident where an intrusion by one of the reptiles delayed departures.

The flagship carrier told customers it is extending its suspension of flights to Tokyo and Hong Kong throughout its summer season

Ministry of External Affairs however said one aircraft of Japan’s Self–Defence Forces has been given overflight permission.

From “quirky’’ dancing Kiwifruit to powerful diplomacy talks - the Prime Minister’s first day in Tokyo had it all, writes political editor @jo_moir

Mr. Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister, together with Ms. Duangjai Asawachintachit, Secretary General, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) and a delegation of Thai economic agencies held a meeting with executives of The Japan Business Federation (KEIDANREN), a comprehensive economic organisation with a membership of over 1,400 companies.…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent on Thursday a ritual offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead, and several political leaders visited it in person, drawing condemnation from neighbouring China and South Korea.

Decades after the end of World War II, a small chain of islands claimed by both Russia and Japan have again become entangled in a conflict as Tokyo refuses to submit to Vladimir Putin any longer.