North Korea has invited Japanese woman magician Tenko Hikita to attend the planned December 28 funeral for its leader Kim Jong Il who died last weekend, her manager claimed today.

Hikita, who has pe

High-tech toilets have already created waves in Japan. Now, boffins have come up with a diamond-studded loo to please the ‘god of lavatories’.

A team at laboratory manufacturer INAX has produced the

Japan's government on Tuesday selected the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter to bolster its aging air force, announcing it will buy a total of 42 aircraft under a multi-year deal.

Japan has budget

A building housing an experimental nuclear reactor in Japan caught fire today, but there was no leak of radioactive materials, officials said, amid nervousness over Japan's atomic industry.

The quas

Japan called an emergency security meeting on Monday to formulate its reaction to news of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il.

Minutes after the noon broadcast by Pyongyang's official media,

The dollar rose against other currencies on Monday following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il had died, which sparked worries over instability in the reclusive state.

The greenback gained gr

FIFA president Sepp Blatter admitted on Saturday mistakes had been made but said there was no point living with regrets after a year of 'ups and downs' for football's world governing body.

Speaking i

Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp, whose balance sheet took a massive hit after it admitted to a long-running accounting cover-up, told lenders its cash and deposits could run out in 2015, a newspaper re

FIFA president Sepp Blatter will meet Brazil's government representatives here on Saturday to discuss concerns about the preparations for the 2014 World Cup.

FIFA officials have raised fears that the

Japan was set to announce on Friday it has finally tamed leaking reactors at Fukushima, in what authorities say is a vital step on the long road to recovery, nine months after its nuclear crisis began