China expresses serious concern over the fishing agreement for the seas around a disputed group of East China Sea islands Beijing: China expressed serious concern on Wednesday after Japan and Taiwan signed a fishing agreement for the seas around a disputed group of East China Sea islands which have been at ... Read More

Tokyo: Japan has deployed Patriot missiles in its capital as it readies to defend the 30 million people who live in greater Tokyo from any North Korean attack, officials said Tuesday. Two Patriot Advanced Capability-3 surface-to-air missile launchers were stationed at the defence ministry in Tokyo before dawn, a ministry spokesman ... Read More

TOKYO: Shares in Japanese power companies dropped Tuesday after a panel of experts said one of the nation's nuclear plants may sit over an active seismic fault, raising fears it would have to be scrapped. Experts tasked by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) with investigating the tectonic situation under the Tsuruga ... Read More

TOKYO: Tokyo on Friday approved $10.7 billion in fresh spending to help boost Japan's limp economy, just weeks before an election the ruling party is expected to lose. The 880 billion yen ($10.7 billion) in spending was more than double a package announced in October as the country gets set for ... Read More

File photo of an oil pipeline at a refinery. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File) TOKYO: Japan is considering a $5.0 billion pipeline stretching from Russia's far east to an industrial hub near Tokyo, as it eyes new energy supplies following the Fukushima crisis, a major utility said on Monday. The proposed 1,400 ... Read More