Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin have met in Tokyo and agreed on the need to speed up the resolution of issues existing between their countries, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Monday

An unidentified person tried to blind pilots of two military helicopters in Japan with a laser beam, Japanese media reported on Monday

Authorities in Japan have urged over 138,000 people to evacuate due to the risk of landslides and flooding amid heavy rains that have hit the country, a national broadcaster said on Saturday