Japan's Shotaro Yachi told Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi that North Korea's actions had reached a new level of provocation.
30 May 2017 1:11 PM
The government says this does not stop the country from maintaining an ability to defend itself, and thus to possess defence forces.
04 May 2017 4:40 AM
The meeting follows on from Putin's first visit to Japan in 11 years last December.
25 Apr 2017 1:24 PM
Should India expect a Chinese response other than political and diplomatic?
04 Apr 2017 12:14 AM
Abe will visit technology show CeBIT in Hanover followed by a summit with Angela Merkel and a meeting with Francois Hollande in Paris.
19 Mar 2017 1:37 PM
Trump spoke over phone separately with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean Acting President Hwang Kyo-Ahn.
07 Mar 2017 11:53 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said North Korea fired four missiles, three of which landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone.
06 Mar 2017 8:56 AM
Washington and Tokyo have said the weekend trip is a sign of the importance that both leaders place on the US-Japan relationship.
12 Feb 2017 12:34 PM
The two leaders were talking to reporters after spending the day at a golf course and discussing US-Asia engagement.
12 Feb 2017 11:45 AM
Trump and Abe had plenty to discuss, including the defense treaty between the nations and their trade relations.
12 Feb 2017 11:21 AM
Washington has a hefty trade deficit with Tokyo, its second largest after China something the US president views unfavourably.
11 Feb 2017 9:44 AM
Abe is expected to dangle proposals to create hundreds of thousands of US jobs through high-speed rail projects.
10 Feb 2017 12:46 PM
Abe and Duterte also attended a ceremony to name an endangered Philippine eagle Sakura.
14 Jan 2017 5:45 AM
South Korea is expected to have a new administration following the impeachment of Park but Mr Abe demanded the accord be honoured.
09 Jan 2017 1:34 AM
Following Obama’s peace visit to Hiroshima in May, Japanese Prime Minister paid his tributes at the Pearl Harbour on Tuesday.
28 Dec 2016 9:05 AM
Abe and Obama will speak at Pearl Harbor to mark the historic occasion.
28 Dec 2016 3:53 AM
The Cabinet approved 5.13 trillion yen ($43.6 billion) in defence spending for the fiscal year starting in April.
22 Dec 2016 2:31 PM
Japanese unit of Amnesty International has raised concerns that the programme for Syrians virtually excluded pregnant women.
22 Dec 2016 6:12 AM
Abe concurred, but said the effort would continue despite the “difficult path ahead”.
17 Dec 2016 6:06 AM
Abe is eager to make progress on a 70-yr-old territorial dispute that has kept their countries from signing a peace treaty to end WW-II.
14 Dec 2016 5:03 PM