TOKYO (AFP) - - Public support for Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso has plunged below 20 percent as his party faces losing its grip on power in upcoming elections, according to a poll. More »
TOKYO - The chief of U.S. Naval operations said Saturday that a United Nations resolution was responsible for the change of course by a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons. More »
VIENNA (AFP) - - The UN atomic watchdog's incoming chief Yukiya Amano promised Friday to go all out to resolve a long-running nuclear standoff with Iran after governors formally gave their assent to his appointment. More »
OTTAWA (AFP) - - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Canada on Friday for a 11-day goodwill visit, the first since the emperor ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989. More »
TOKYO (AFP) - - Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday. More »
TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko left on Friday for a 15-day goodwill tour of Canada and Hawaii, with the ageing monarch revealing his personal attachment to both destinations. More »
TOKYO (AFP) - - Japan welcomed the choice of Yukiya Amano as the next head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stressing that he comes from the only country to have been attacked by atom bombs. More »
TOKYO (AFP) - - A Japanese bookseller will Sunday auction off letters and photos of the nationalist author and poet Yukio Mishima, famous for his writings and his public samurai-style suicide in 1970. More »
VIENNA (AFP) - - Japanese candidate Yukiya Amano said Thursday he was 'very pleased' after he won the race to head the International Atomic Energy Agency. More »
VIENNA (AFP) - - Japanese candidate Yukiya Amano won the race Thursday to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, diplomats said. More »

North Korea suspect ship has turned around: US official