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After Covid and Olympics, Tokyo’s first female governor wins third term
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoMs Koike received more than 2.9 million votes - or 42.8% of the votes - in Sunday's election,...
Philippines, Japan on verge of key defence pact
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 hours agoThe Philippines and Japan are set to sign on Monday a key defence pact that will allow the deployment of troops on each other's territory.The accord...
China and Japan need 'frank' talks to find common ground, Tokyo's envoy tells security forum
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 18 hours agoChina and Japan should increase "frank" communications, Tokyo's top envoy to Beijing said on Saturday, as the two Asian neighbours grapple with disputes ranging from the East China Sea to Japan's ...
Tokyo Gov. Koike wins a third four-year term as head of Japan's influential capital
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 24 hours agoThe vote was also seen as a test for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, which supports...
Women fight Tokyo election in male-dominated Japan
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoPolls opened Sunday to elect a new Tokyo governor with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in Japan's...
Diaper change: Japan’s aging society is transforming the baby care business
CNN Business via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 2 days agoThe world’s population is getting older in what the United Nations calls an “irreversible global trend,” driven by longer lives and smaller families.
Japan court orders government to pay damages for forced sterilizations under now-defunct eugenics...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoIn a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay damages to people...
Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoIn a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable...
Japan's top court rules forced sterilisation law unconstitutional
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoJapan's top court ruled on Wednesday that a defunct eugenics law under which thousands of people...
Japan issues new yen banknotes packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 5 days agoJapan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3D hologram...