Pop group Smap’s apology lifts veil on Japan’s talent agenciesBand Smap’s quick ‘sorry’ after rumours of a split led to fears they were pushed into itSat Jan 23 2016 - 02:00
Japan apologises for South Korea’s wartime sex slavesUS pressure on Japan to accept responsibility may lead to end of long-running disputeMon Dec 28 2015 - 19:00
Falling Japanese population puts focus on low birth rateUnless re-energised, demographics will erode Japan’s superpower statusWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
Japan’s Buddhist temples in danger of going out of businessDue to high cost of death rituals and a shift from belief, temples are in less demandThu Nov 12 2015 - 01:00
First cancer case confirmed at Japan’s Fukushima plantPlant worker was one of thousands employed to help clean up meltdown siteTue Oct 20 2015 - 11:59
Japan threatens to cut Unesco funds in China rowTrigger is decision to add Chinese archives on 1937 Nanjing Massacre to Unesco registerSat Oct 17 2015 - 21:00
Fukushima ghost town struggles back to lifeNaraha has been declared safe after 2011 nuclear disaster but progress is slowFri Oct 16 2015 - 02:00
Japan pulls up the drawbridge as refugee problem growsAlthough a generous cash contributor, Japan baulks at accepting many displaced peopleSat Oct 03 2015 - 02:00
Strains between Okinawa and Tokyo worsenA tug of war within Japan over a US base on the islands of Okinawa continuesSat Sept 26 2015 - 02:02
Japan’s emissions have soared since Fukushima nuclear disasterFossil fuels have rushed in to fill the gap left by nuclearMon Sept 21 2015 - 08:04
Japan to let its troops fight abroad for the first time since the warProtests greet passing of Bills by prime minister Shinzo Abe to end 70 years of pacifismSun Sept 20 2015 - 18:38
Japan’s parliament approves security bills amid angry protestsChaotic parliamentary vote could see troops fighting abroad for first time in 70 yearsThu Sept 17 2015 - 14:42
Split in Japan’s largest yakuza outfit triggers fear of Tokyo turf warLatest split may be too serious for gang leaders keep a lid on violenceSat Sept 12 2015 - 07:25
Ghosts of past haunt battle for history of JapanAmerican bombers had napalmed Tokyo killing 100,000 people in a single nightSat Aug 15 2015 - 03:00
Abe stops short of offering fresh apology for warStatement from Japanese prime minister will not dispel lingering resentment in AsiaFri Aug 14 2015 - 16:04
Will Shinzo Abe say sorry for the second World War?Speculation mounts as to how Japan’s prime minister will articulate national feelingsWed Aug 12 2015 - 16:59
Nagasaki survivors criticise Shinzo Abe’s military pushJapanese prime minister made to feel uncomfortable at atomic bombing anniversaryMon Aug 10 2015 - 09:56
Seventy years on, Hiroshima remains a haunting talisman for selective painThe horror lives on in Japan’s memory as some others accuse it of victimhoodFri Aug 07 2015 - 01:01
Hiroshima marks atomic bombing anniversaryAttack on Hiroshima resulted in the deaths of at least 140,000 people by the end of 1945Thu Aug 06 2015 - 10:18
Terrible legacy of Fat Man and Little Boy lives onMany of the 190,000 survivors of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombs are nearing the end of their livesWed Aug 05 2015 - 02:00
Nagasaki: The decision to drop the bombDo the Americans think the decision to use atomic weapons was right or wrong?Sat Aug 01 2015 - 11:35
Nagasaki, 70 years on: ‘Most of us don’t want to talk about what happened’Survivors still live with the legacy of the A-bombing of Hiroshima and NagasakiSat Aug 01 2015 - 11:07
FT’s new owner has reputation for soft pedalling on tough storiesJapan’s Nikkei Group is buying FT from publisher PearsonFri Jul 24 2015 - 14:54
$1.2 billion scandal casts a pall on Japan’s corporate clean-up effortsToshiba boss and executives resign over profit inflation in past six yearsWed Jul 22 2015 - 01:17
Japan scraps €2bn Olympic stadiumMuch-disparaged design was compared to a flattened bicycle helmet and even a vaginaFri Jul 17 2015 - 16:38
Mass protests in Tokyo as Japan moves to ditch pacifismAbe wants military to be able to fight abroad alongside US alliesThu Jul 16 2015 - 16:34
Too big, too costly, too ugly – bad start for Tokyo stadiumOlympic project is attracting criticism before even a girder has been put in placeSat Jul 04 2015 - 05:00
Two die on Japanese bullet train after man sets himself on fireSeveral injured in the incident on the high speed service between Tokyo and OsakaTue Jun 30 2015 - 09:42
Japan considers moving elderly from Tokyo to relieve crowdingResources in the country’s capital are strained as the number of old people soarsMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00
Could new virtual reality technology worsen the problem of social withdrawal?Parents in Japan worry that new technology will encourage their children never to leave homeThu Jun 25 2015 - 01:25
Shinzo Abe heckled on 70th anniversary of Okinawa battleOkinawans are angry that their main island is still home to extensive US military facilitiesTue Jun 23 2015 - 15:35
Japanese PM’s bid to unshackle pacifist constitution runs into troubleAbe’s goal of ‘collective self-defence’ bedevilled by experts and public hostilityWed Jun 17 2015 - 21:34
Second World War recollections have become battlegroundJapan, China and South Korea at loggerheads over how to mark eventsMon Jun 08 2015 - 19:00
Japan’s defence show signals continuing drift from pacifismTokyo and Washington are alarmed at China’s mounting military expenditure in east AsiaFri May 15 2015 - 01:00
Angelina Jolie’s ‘Unbroken’ unscreened in Japan amid resentmentThe true-life story of an American POW has been attacked as ‘anti-Japanese’Sat May 09 2015 - 01:01
For Japan’s leader, sorry seems to be the hardest wordShinzo Abe returns home from US tour of which highlight was address to CongressFri May 01 2015 - 14:24
Japanese mayor salutes gay relationshipsIn society with few hang-ups, homosexuals enjoy less prejudice for various reasonsSat Apr 04 2015 - 01:00
Up to 30,000 attend Tokyo St Patrick’s Day paradeIrish dancers and setters (one dressed as Michael Jackson) entertain crowds in JapanSun Mar 15 2015 - 12:25
US firebombing of Tokyo which killed 100,000 remains a raw memoryJapan has not found a way to mark the slaughter of civilians 70 years ago todayTue Mar 10 2015 - 01:00
Abbeville’s new owner may build guesthouses on estateToyoko Inn paid €5.5 million for the property in Kinsealy in 2013Sat Mar 07 2015 - 01:01
Emperor and prime minister diverge on Japan’s memory of warAs the 70th anniversary of surrender looms Abe grows tired of apologising and calls for ‘proactive pacifism’Wed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Battle over US military base in Japan intensifiesOkinawa construction has led to activists being dumped offshoreFri Feb 27 2015 - 05:00
Japan should copy apartheid race policies, says education adviser‘Black people basically have a philosophy of large families,’ says adviserFri Feb 13 2015 - 22:00
Shinzo Abe uses hostage crisis to nudge Japan from pacifismCountry’s mass-market magazines speculate that radical jihad will come calling soonThu Feb 05 2015 - 01:00
Islamic militants threaten to ‘cause carnage’ wherever Japanese foundOfficials in Tokyo say they are taking threats seriouslyMon Feb 02 2015 - 01:00
Japan waits in wings of IS hostage drama as Jordan agrees pilot swapJapanese PM Shinzo Abe responds to claims that promise of aid triggered crisisFri Jan 30 2015 - 12:00
Hostage’s plea for life in Islamic State video puts pressure on Japanese PMJapan would ‘spare no effort’ to free hostage, says Shinzo AbeSun Jan 25 2015 - 18:45
Japanese hostage’s mother pleads for release as deadline passesIslamic State online video calls for $200 million ransom from Japanese governmentFri Jan 23 2015 - 10:32
Islamic State threatens to kill two Japanese hostagesVideo carries threat to kill captives unless $200m ransom is paid within 72 hoursTue Jan 20 2015 - 14:31
Tokyo escalates arms spend amid frictions with ChinaDefence budget mark’s Japan’s third straight year of increased military spendingWed Jan 14 2015 - 20:13
