TOKYO, Nov 17 — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Saturday that a face-to-face meeting he had sought with United States President-Elect Donald Trump would not go ahead.

TOKYO, Nov 11 — Japanese lawmakers voted for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on as leader today, after his scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election last month.

KUALA SELANGOR, Nov 8 — Selangor is mulling flood mitigation proposals involving underground tunnels based on similar models in Japan, said state executive councillor for infrastructure and agriculture Izham Hashim.

By Sofia Nasir SHAH ALAM, Nov 5 — The state government has taken selected entrepreneurs to the Malaysia Fair expo in Tokyo, Japan, to provide them with exposure and business opportunities on the global stage. State executive councillor for youth, sports, and entrepreneurship Mohd Najwan...

SEOUL, Nov 5 — North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said military drills by the United States, Japan and South Korea justify North Korea’s nuclear reinforcement, state media KCNA said today.

SEOUL, Oct 31 — North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast early today, said South Korea and Japan, a day after Seoul reported the North was making preparations to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 — Japan has pledged its support for Malaysia’s upcoming Asean chairmanship in 2025, underscoring its commitment to regional stability and collaboration.

TOKYO, Oct 29 — The number of elementary to high school students who committed suicide in Japan stood at 513 in 2023, just below the record high of 514 set the previous year, Jiji Press reported, citing a government report today.

TOKYO, Oct 28 — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he will continue to lead the government and tackle growing economic and security challenges after his ruling bloc suffered a crushing defeat in the general election yesterday, reported Xinhua.

TOKYO, Oct 28 — The make-up of Japan's future government was in flux today after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tainted ruling coalition, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world's fourth-largest economy.

SHAH ALAM, Oct 18 — Halal International Selangor (HIS) Toyyiba Sdn Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Japanese company to share its expertise in the halal industry.

VIENTIANE, Oct 10 — Malaysia has encouraged strategic collaboration in digital transformation between Asean and its dialogue partners, Japan and South Korea at the bloc’s Plus One Summits here today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has congratulated Shigeru Ishiba on being elected as the new Prime Minister of Japan.

TOKYO, Oct 1 — Shigeru Ishiba, leader of Japan's ruling party, was elected Prime Minister in the House of Representatives today to succeed Fumio Kishida, at a time of low public confidence in politics, a shaky economy, and mounting security threats, reported the Kyodo News Agency.

MANILA, Sept 28 — Australia and the Philippines said their militaries would conduct a joint maritime activity with Japan, New Zealand, and the United States (US) in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, which covers one of Asia's most sensitive sites.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 — The ringgit is expected to continue appreciating next week, despite traders remaining cautious about key United States (US) economic indicators.

TOKYO, Sept 27 — Shigeru Ishiba, tapped to be Japan's next prime minister, may cause diplomatic headaches for the United States (US), with proposals to revamp Tokyo's closest alliance by locking Washington into an "Asian North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)" and stationing Japanese troops on US soil.

VIENTIANE, Sept 27 — Japan, South Korea, and China have agreed to channel technical expertise to Asean to empower the development of the renewable energy (RE) and clean energy sector.

TOKYO, Sept 21 — Record rains in central Japan's Noto region, still recovering from a major New Year's Day earthquake, killed at least one person on Saturday.

BEIJING, Sept 20 — China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, Chinese state television CCTV reported today.