Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will travel to South Korea on Monday to shore up security cooperation between the East Asian neighbours and their mutual U.S. ally that is meant to counter China's growing regional power.

A Korea-Japan bilateral foreign ministers’ meeting will take place in Seoul next Monday afternoon, Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday.

The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan will hold talks early next week on bilateral relations and other shared issues, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday, The talks between Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will take place in Seoul on Monday,

Japanese household spending fell in November, government data showed on Friday, weighed down by stubbornly high prices that dissuaded consumers from loosening their purse strings.

Japan’s households cut consumption for a fourth month as inflation continues to weigh on their purchasing power, showing an economic fragility that’s likely to keep the Bank of Japan cautious about additional rate hikes.

Influenza is affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Japan and rising rapidly among that nation's population of 124.5 million and overwhelming many healthcare providers and drugmakers.

By bno - Tokyo bureau Japan has seen a dramatic spike in flu cases, reaching the highest levels since record-keeping began in 1999. According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, influenza cases across the country surged to a staggering 317,

The new measures targeted individuals and entities from Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Turkey, and North Korea.