Japan

Japan welcomes Obama Hiroshima visit

The Japanese government has welcomed Barack Obama’s decision to visit Hiroshima later this month. Obama will be the first serving US president to go

11/05/2016

Sport

Nagase and Schlesinger strike gold in Baku

Pedro Lasuén, euronews: “The second day of the Baku Grand Slam was spectacular, emotional and full of surprises… judo at its best! Let’s start with a

07/05/2016

Sport

Stars on safety first as Baku Judo Grand Prix opens

It is one of the last chances to gain entry to the Olympics for the world's judokas, which is why so many have come to the Grand Prix in the Azeri capital, Baku, rearing to fight

06/05/2016

Business Series

Toshiba names new CEO to move on from accounting scandal

Trying to move on from a huge accounting scandal Toshiba has nominated Satoshi Tsunakawa, the former head of its medical equipment division, as its next chief executive.

06/05/2016

Japan

Japan's PM embarks on whirlwind European tour ahead of G7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on a whirlwind tour of European capitals to lay the ground work for a G7 summit he’s due to host this month. On

03/05/2016

Economy

Bank of Japan says no more stimulus for now, markets and yen react badly

The Bank of Japan has surprised the financial world by deciding at its latest policy meeting that there will be no new monetary stimulus while it waits to see the effects of previous easing.

28/04/2016

Business Series

Mitsubishi scandal drastically hits Japanese orders

Mitsubishi Motors says orders for its cars in Japan have halved since it announced last week that it cheated on fuel economy tests.

27/04/2016

Japan

Scandal engulfing Mitsubishi widens with new revelation about testing methods

Managers have now admitted they have been using an improper fuel-efficiency testing method since 1991.

26/04/2016

France

Australia chooses France for lucrative submarines contract

Australia has chosen France to build a new fleet of submarines, rejecting Japanese and German bids

26/04/2016

China

WADA suspends China's only anti-doping laboratory for recording erroneous results

22/04/2016

Business Series

US authorities ask Mitsubishi about falsifying mileage data

US auto safety authorities have asked Mitsubishi for more information after it admitted falsifying mileage data for 635,000 cars sold in Japan.

22/04/2016

Japan

Mitsubishi centre raided as Japan probes faked fuel economy tests

Mitsubishi’s shares plunged a further 20 percent on Thursday after it admitted faking fuel economy data on cars sold in Japan.

21/04/2016

Ukraine

Chernobyl and Fukushima: lessons not learned

Around 8,000 km and 25 years separate the catastrophic Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters. There are clear differences between the Ukraine and

20/04/2016

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Japan earthquake aftermath

In Southern Japan, rescue teams continue working non-stop to find survivors, after two powerful quakes hit the area last week.

20/04/2016

Japan

Mitsubishi admits rigging fuel economy tests

Mitsubishi Motors has admitted manipulating fuel economy tests on at least 625,000 of its small cars.

20/04/2016

Japan

Services resume in southern Japan after earthquakes though shortages remain

At least 44 people are known to have died in the recent Japanese earthquakes. Four days after the worst tremor struck on Saturday, hopes have dimmed

20/04/2016

Japan

Strong aftershocks strike Japan as quake survivors struggle

Hundreds of strong aftershocks in southern Japan have occurred since last Thursday’s large earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck the country. Some have

19/04/2016

Japan

Japan reels in aftermath of double earthquakes

Still reeling from double earthquakes last week, thousands of rescue workers on Japan’s Kyushu island are scouring the rubble in a desperate search

18/04/2016

Japan

The hunt goes on for people missing following successive quakes in southern Japan

Death toll at 42 from two powerful quakes 400,000 households people without running water Food and bottled water running short The search is

18/04/2016

Japan

A race against time in Japan

Rescuers dig with their bare hands to find those buried alive after a double earthquake disaster

17/04/2016