In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Japan committed $30 billion in funding for development in Africa on Saturday, stating that it wanted to cooperate more closely with the continent. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared during a Japan-Africa meeting in Tunisia that Tokyo will do its best to secure grain exports to Africa despite a worldwide scarcity. After testing positive for COVID-19,... 

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead during a speech in the city of Nara on Friday morning, several media outlets reported. Security personnel on the spot immediately ran forward and wrestled down the perpetrator who could be arrested immediately. Gunman Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, shot Abe twice with a home-made shotgun made out of two pieces of pipe attached to a wooden board, with... 

Tokyo suggested that it would allow the US to bring nuclear weapons into Japanese territory in the event of a serious threat to its security. In a briefing with lawmakers, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida outlined conditions that would lead Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government to make exceptions to Japan’s longstanding posture against possessing, producing, or allowing nuclear weapons... 

Tokyo is to foot a $3.1 billion bill, which is part of the cost for relocating American troops from Okinawa. For the first time, it will also host US long-range surveillance drones, which would help to monitor disputed islands in the East China Sea. The cost-sharing agreement for the troop transfer and the future deployment of drones by next spring are both part of an effort aimed at updating the... 

US Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington is “fully committed” to protecting Tokyo days after it received nuclear threats from North Korea. The latest comments by Kerry come after North Korea vowed to launch a strike on Japan if it continued with its “hostile posture” against Pyongyang. “The United States is fully committed to the defence of Japan,” Kerry said during... 

Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned China over its territorial dipute with Japan on East China Sea islands. American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has issued an indirect warning to China, vowing that the US opposes any efforts to challenge “Japanese administration” of disputed islands in East China Sea. Clinton’s remarks came at joint press conference on Friday following...