The old American saying “politics stops at the water’s edge” has no equivalent in Japan, largely because until recently, the water was where everything stopped for a country whose foreign policy was ...

BAGHDAD, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Baghdad has long called for foreign firms to help rebuild Iraq, but in a country where the word "Japanese" is a byword for high quality, companies from Japan are especially ...

(Adds comment, details) TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Japan's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill extending air force support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq for another two years, despite opposition calls ...

Colonel Masahisa Sato has served as a peacekeeper before, in the Golan Heights in 1996. That was under a U.N. command. But now, Sato, 43, leads the advance team of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces in Iraq.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) welcomes the generous contribution of over USD 12 million from the government and people of Japan This contribution will help UNHCR work on ...

The Government of Japan contributed a generous USD five million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), renewing its longstanding commitment to improving the lives of vulnerable ...

Minister Fuad Hussein, speaking from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, stated that the recovered items include "the statue of the sun god, Maran Shamash, and rare murals from the 8th century B.C.

AC Milan's Keisuke Honda should have made it 2-0 a minute later but he hit his close-range half-volley straight at the busy Hameed. Japanese forward Genki Haraguchi (centre) celebrates with captain ...