The visit by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the first major indication of how the Trump administration will handle relations with allies such as Japan and South Korea.

Japan already has many proprietary corporate use AI platforms but nothing in the field of an open, large scale AI chatbot. Ishiba said, "We need to create a basic plan....." Way behind the curve ...

Honda and Nissan will unveil an outline of their business integration around mid-February, informed sources said Friday. The two Japanese automakers delayed the announcement on the outline ...

One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government is closely watching the situation in South Korea with serious concern following Sunday’s indictment against President Yoon Suk-yeol, Chief Cabinet ...

The family of a Japanese national who was just 13 when she ... she hoped the president could use his connections with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un to arrange the release of her daughter ...

South Korea’s anticorruption agency has recommended that President Yoon Suk-yeol be charged with insurrection and abuse of power following a probe into the impeached leader’s short-lived ...

South Korea, Japan and China are in talks to arrange a trilateral meeting of their foreign ministers in late March, a Japanese news report said Wednesday. Japan, the chair for the three-way ...

This was the first meeting between Japanese and U.S. cabinet ministers since U.S. President Donald Trump took office for the second time on Monday. Iwaya and Rubio also exchanged views on North Korea, ...

A Pokemon fan made a pixel-art map of Japan with game regions accurately placed. Pokemon regions like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are based on real Japanese locations. The Pokemon Ranger ...

The mother of a Japanese woman who was abducted by North Korea says she hopes new US President Donald Trump will rescue her daughter and other abductees from North Korea. Yokota Sakie, who is 88 ...

US President Donald Trump has labeled North Korea leader Kim Jong Un a "nuclear power." Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said that he and Kim "got along very well." Trump said ...