Japan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the first world leader to meet President-elect Donald Trump, seeking reassurances over U.S.-Japan security and trade relations. "I am convinced Mr. Trump is a leader in whom I can have great confidence," Abe said
Japan's Emperor Akihito hinted that he wants to abdicate and pass power on to his son, but the move would be unprecedented and complicated.
A man was arrested after killing 19 people and injuring 45 others in a stabbing rampage at a facility for the disabled in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported, citing authorities.
Prime minister Shinzo Abe, a fervent Shinto devotee, wants to escort Barack Obama and David Cameron to Ise Jingu shrine during summit
French authorities investigating payments made to a secret bank account alleged to have helped Tokyo secure 2020 Games
Barack Obama will later this month become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima, the site of America’s devastating nuclear attack which killed 140,000 people.
President Obama will visit Hiroshima when he travels to Japan this month for a summit of key industrialized nations, the White House announced Tuesday.
President Obama may visit Hiroshima when he travels to Japan late this month for a summit of key industrialized nations, but he will not apologize for the World War II decision to destroy that city with an atomic bomb, the White House said Monday.