Former U.S. President Barack Obama is no longer expected to attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to be held later this month.

An evacuation order in a town hosting the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been lifted for the first time since the March 2011 disaster.

Even as Vladimir Putin admitted that Xi Jinping had concerns about the war in Ukraine, the Russian leader’s comments on Taiwan may ultimately matter more to his Chinese counterpart.

The first meeting of the Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group since 2018 said any North Korean nuclear attack would be met with an "overwhelming and decisive response."

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.8% in August from a year ago. Barring the effect of sales tax increases, it was the strongest reading since 1991.

Around 60% of more than 2,000 people with foreign roots surveyed earlier this year by the Tokyo Bar Association have been questioned by Japanese police over the past five years.

BREAKING: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announces that Japan will allow visa-free, individual tourism and remove a daily entry cap from Oct. 11.

Japan is considering sharply increasing its defense spending to more than ¥40 trillion ($279 billion) over the next five years — far surpassing the ¥27.47 trillion specified as defense costs through fiscal 2023.

Japan's McDonald's restaurants will raise prices on about 60% of the items on its menu.