Before the meeting even US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping Rand corporation published a plan of war with China. The paper analyzes several variants of the war.
Japan's Emperor Akihito has strongly indicated he wants to step down, saying he fears his age will make it difficult to fulfil his duties.
Japanese Emperor Akihito is likely to express his thoughts on his role in a video message Monday amid growing speculation that he is considering abdication, sources said Thursday.
For the second time in the history of the country of the Rising Sun a woman became Japan's defense minister.
At least 19 people were killed and 26 injured in a stabbing spree at a facility for disabled people west of Tokyo, making it one of Japan's deadliest mass killings since World War II.
The Japanese Emperor Akihito, intends to abdicate in a few years’ time a step that would be unprecedented in modern Japan.
Japan's ruling parliamentary coalition consisting of the Liberal Democratic Party of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Party "Komeito" has received more than two thirds of the seats in the