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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, famous for playing an evil sorcerer in ‘Mortal Kombat’ movies, and for his roles in "The Last Emperor", "Memoirs of a Geisha," and "The Man in the High Castle," has died.

China, Russia, and North Korea’s de facto alliance risks creating a "new world order" which could lead to Tokyo facing a three-front contingency in the future, a report released by a think tank of Japan’s defense ministry said.

China sent coast guard vessels through waters near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands amid escalating tensions over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan.

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized after a bear attack in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, the latest in a growing string of encounters that have triggered panic in the country.

Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has vowed to realize a “golden age” in her country’s relations with the US at the start of a meeting with Donald Trump in Tokyo.

The much-awaited trial of the man accused of murdering former prime minister Shinzo Abe starts on Tuesday.

North Korea carried out its first ballistic missile tests in five months on Wednesday, just days before U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea.

Japan elected Sanae Takaichi as its first female prime minister on Tuesday, setting the country up for a turn to the political Right.

Japan’s former prime minister, who apologised for his country’s atrocities during the Second World War, has died aged 101.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he had decided to resign, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy paralysis at a shaky moment for the world’s fourth-largest economy.

The Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile is also part of Narendra Modi’s defense strategy against Pakistan.

Japanese boxer Hiromasa Urakawa dies from injuries sustained in Tokyo tournament

Trump’s new tariff system comes into effect, introducing the highest duties in a century

The chief executive of the British and Irish Lions has confirmed that the organization is considering facing nations like Fiji or Japan ahead of the Test series against New Zealand in four years’ time as they explore ways to make the tour more competitive.

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever documented occurred today in Russia’s Far East and seems to have been predicted just days earlier on a YouTube channel.

A 16-year-old schoolboy has broken the world record for the fastest 100m time ever by an under-18 athlete, beating Usain Bolt’s time when the Jamaican legend was 20.

Edgewing to oversee full-cycle development of next-generation combat aircraft

British army to test Japanese Type 19 guns with Vulcano shells

China has executed a man for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese boy last September, the Japanese embassy in China has told the BBC.

89-year-old Japanese man Iwao Hakamada, who spent nearly half a century on death row before being acquitted, has been awarded $1.45 million in compensation — a record amount.

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