Tag: Japan

Loyal to zip-up Godzilla, Japan wary of US remake

Yuri Kageyama · May 9, 2014 12:21 pm

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, right, shake hands after signing a cooperation agreement at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Abe will, in a two-day visit, meet with NATO, EU and Belgian officials. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

NATO, Japan agree to cooperate more

JohnThor Dahlburg · May 6, 2014 6:05 pm

Hundreds of people march vowing to protect the constitution in Tokyo, Saturday, May 3, 2014. Japan marked the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitution Saturday with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing charter in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push for an expanded role for the military. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan split over revision to pacifist constitution

Mari Yamaguchi · May 4, 2014 2:25 am

Markets drift despite after US jobs figures

Pan Pylas · May 2, 2014 3:56 pm

Workers build under ground frozen wall by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Mar. 10, 2014, nearly three years after the plant was paralyzed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara,pool)

Experts question ice wall at Japan nuclear plant

Mari Yamaguchi · May 2, 2014 10:38 am

President Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmakers rethink Asia pivot

Tim Mak · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama is greeted by Jejomar C. Binay, Vice President of the Philippines , as he arrives on Air Force One at Ninoy Aquino International Airport at suburban Pasay city outside of Manila, Philippines, Monday, April 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Despite a partial pivot in Asia, Obama foreign policy still in disarray

Michael Barone · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Fukushima residents unsure of return to no-go zone

Yuri Kageyama · April 29, 2014 7:12 am

Obama’s Japan Trip Hotel Bill: $635K

Jeryl Bier · April 28, 2014 2:51 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, a shopper looks at Panasonic's flat-panel televisions at an electronics retail store in Tokyo. Panasonic returned to profit after deep losses for the past two fiscal years, as a weak yen and restructuring efforts helped a gradual recovery, and forecast a 16 percent increase in gains for the coming year. The Osaka-based maker of the Lumix camera and Evolta batteries reported Monday, April 28, 120.4 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in profit for the fiscal year through March 2014, a reversal from a 754.3 billion yen loss the previous fiscal year. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Panasonic returns to annual profit on weak yen

Yuri Kageyama · April 28, 2014 11:18 am

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses for a moment of silence for those who died in the ferry disaster as Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye, participate in the bilateral meetings at the Blue House, Friday, April 25, 2014, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama urges Japan, SKorea to move past tensions

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 10:24 am

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Friday, April 25, 2014, en route to Osan Air Base in Osan, South Korea. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

US, Japan say Pacific trade talks make headway

ELAINE KURTENBACHJULIE PACE · April 25, 2014 4:59 am