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The first mosque to be built in Japan which continues to serve as such today is Kobe Mosque

Former Chairman of Nissan Carlos Ghosn should receive compensation from the Japanese government for "illegally arresting and detaining him", officials at the UN said yesterday. "Ghosn's deprivation of freedom...

The United States has agreed to extradite to Japan the two US citizens, Michael Taylor, a Special Forces veteran, and his son, Peter Taylor, who are suspected of helping...

Japan has donated $4.3 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) to reduce the impact of poverty under the current coronavirus pandemic. This...

Saudi Aramco and the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), in partnership with chemical manufacturing giant SABIC, have demonstrated the production and shipment of blue ammonia from Saudi Arabia...

On Thursday 6 August, we were preparing to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. But on Tuesday, we were...

The first of three similar missions to take place this month

A US  judge said on Friday two Massachusetts men pose too great of a risk of flight to be released on bail given "spectacular" allegations that they helped orchestrate...

Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co-chairman, wired $862,500 last year to a company managed by one of the two men who later helped him escape from Japan, U.S....

US authorities brought two men into custody Wednesday at the request of Japan in response to their alleged roles in helping ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon, Anadolu...

Turkish prosecutors have prepared an indictment charging seven people, including four pilots, over former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn's escape via Istanbul to Lebanon after fleeing Japan, a lawyer for...

Iran is facing "many great problems" with securing medical equipment and food supplies due to "tightening US sanctions", President Hassan Rouhani announced yesterday. Speaking to Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo...

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the International Organisation for Migration with support from the Government of Japan have launched a debris-recycling project in the Iraqi governorate of...

Japanese SoftBank Group yesterday said it was expecting its tech-focused fund, dubbed "Vision Fund", to suffer around $16.5 billion in losses in the last financial year, which ended in...

Leaders of the G20 countries have committed to injecting more than $5 trillion into the global economy to minimise the social and economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic. The...

An eleven-year-old Syrian girl will compete in the upcoming 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after winning the West Asia Olympic Table Tennis Qualification Tournament in Jordan last week. Hend...

In security camera footage, a Japanese woman can be seen holding a phone up, as if filming, as the Palestinian woman shouts “corona, corona”.

Japan's Deputy Justice Minister Hiroyuki Yoshiie met yesterday with Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Lebanese Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najem to discuss the return of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn...

Japan wants to cater to all faiths so tourists and athletes alike have a place to worship

A Japanese destroyer left for the Gulf of Oman on Sunday amid simmering Middle East tension to guard sea lanes that supply nearly all the oil that powers the...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he had previously spoken to Japan's prime minister about the conditions former Nissan-Renault boss Carlos Ghosn was being held under, Reuters reports....

Japan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates should work together to de-escalate the tense situation in the Gulf, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday, relaying comments...

Amid simmering tensions between the US and Iran, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be flying to the Middle East tomorrow on a five-day tour to "help stabilise the...

Lebanese prosecutors imposed a travel ban on former Nissan's chief Carlos Ghosn, the Lebanese National Agency reported, Anadolu Agency reports. "Based on the INTERPOL red-flag warrant, the Lebanese prosecution decided to...

A manager at Turkish jet operator MNG Jet has told authorities that he assisted unwittingly in the escape of ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn from Japan because he had been...

Two Lebanese lawyers yesterday submitted a report to the country's Public Prosecutor's Office against Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn who they say has violated the law by visiting Israel....

The Turkish authorities arrested seven people in Istanbul, Thursday, on suspicion of helping the former Nissan manager, Carlos Ghosn, to escape from Japan to Lebanon. According to the official...

Lebanon received an Interpol arrest warrant on Thursday for former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, while Turkey launched an investigation into his daring escape from Japan via Istanbul, Reuters reports. Ghosn has...

Once considered a hero in Japan for turning around global car giant Nissan, businessman Carlos Ghosn has fled to Lebanon escaping what he called 'injustice and political persecution'

Japan will send a warship and patrol planes to protect Japanese ships in the Middle East as the situation in the region, from which it sources nearly 90% of...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday welcomed Japan's decision not to join a US-led naval mission in the Gulf and said he had discussions on ways of "breaking" US...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday briefed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tokyo's plan to send naval forces to the Middle East to protect Japanese vessels, a Japanese...