A woman walks past an advertisement featuring Japanese and South Korean flags at a shop in Shin Okubo area in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 2, 2019InternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting of senior diplomats and defense officials next week for the first time in five years to discuss their bilateral security […]
North Korean rocket artillery fire a volley of short-range ballistic missiles in a drillInternationalIndiaAfricaWASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Top security officials from the United States, Japan, and South Korea in a joint statement said they discussed the regularization of military exercises to deter and respond to North Korea’s missile threats. Earlier in the day, North Korean state […]
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio KishidaInternationalIndiaAfricaThe Japanese prime minister was at the Wakayama fishing port to give a public speech in support of the upcoming election in the district. Reports have stated the official sustained no injuries.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated early Saturday from a venue in Japan’s Wakayama city after an explosion sounded […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a joint news conference with South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo March 16, 2023.InternationalIndiaAfricaTOKYO (Sputnik) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to hold three public events on Saturday despite the incident in Wakayama, a local news agency reported, citing […]
Japanese policeInternationalIndiaAfricaTOKYO (Sputnik) – Japanese investigators on Saturday seized two cylindrical objects believed to contain explosives from the scene of an incident in the prefecture of Wakayama, where Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was due to deliver a speech, Japanese broadcaster reported, citing investigative sources. The sound of a loud explosion was heard at 11:30 a.m. […]
Police car in JapanInternationalIndiaAfricaTOKYO (Sputnik) – One of the Japanese police officers who were guarding the venue of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s speech in the city of Wakayama has sustained minor injuries as a result of the explosion at the scene, Japanese media reported on Saturday. Earlier on Saturday, as Kishida was touring the venue […]
UH60 Black Hawk helicoptersInternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – Deep-sea divers on Sunday discovered the remains of Japan’s UH-60JA military helicopter that went missing last week and the bodies of five people at a depth of 106 meters (348 feet) off the southern prefecture of Okinawa, Japanese news agency reported, citing Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) officials. It remains […]
Police officers. Japan (File)InternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – Police in Japan seized a computer and a gunpowder-like substance from the house of 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura, suspected of throwing an explosive device toward Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the Japanese broadcaster reported on Sunday. The search of Kimura’s home in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture lasted more than seven hours […]
Artist’s conception of a hypersonic missile during its launch phase.InternationalIndiaAfricaThe Japanese Defense Ministry is reportedly seeking to obtain a long-range hypersonic weapon (LRHW) and Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US. Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov has explained to Sputnik why this could end badly for Tokyo.”Japan is working on hypersonic technologies together with the Americans, […]
A man (bottom) is arrested after throwing what appeared to be a smoke bomb in Wakayama on April 15, 2023. – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from a port in Wakayama after a blast was heard, but he was unharmed in the incident, local media reported on April 15. InternationalIndiaAfricaTOKYO (Sputnik) – Japan […]