Photographer Held For Photos Of Genitals

Tokyo-based Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee was arrested on Monday on suspicion of obscenity after selling books containing pictures ...

Elderly Must Hurry Up And Die- Japan Minister

Japan's finance minister Taro Aso said the elderly should be allowed to "hurry up and die" instead of costing the governmen...

China Adds Destroyers To Marine Surveillance Fleet

China has transferred two destroyers and nine other ex-navy vessels to its maritime surveillance fleet, reports said Monday, as it move...

North Korea claims US is within missile range

North Korea claimed on Tuesday that it has deployed "strategic rocket forces" that are able to strike targets in the continent...

Tokyo population to halve in next 90 years

  The population of Tokyo - at present one of the most densely inhabited cities in the world - will fall by half by 2100, with nearly 46 ...

250,000 Return After Floods in Japan

A quarter of a million evacuees began to return home on Monday after a letup in torrential rains over the weekend that killed at least 27 ...

Police: Man crashes Japanese embassy gate over disputed islands

  A South Korean man crashed a small truck into the front gate of the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Monday in an apparent protest over the...

Japanese City Cracks Down on Tattoos

Mayor Toru Hashimoto, a rising political star, launched a full-scale crackdown on tattoos last month, demanding that public employees, i...