Natalya Poklonskaya, a member of the Russian parliament's lower house representing Crimea, told Sputnik on Monday that Japan's Foreign Ministry had denied her a visa without giving the lawmaker an explanation

An Air France jet, with an unspecified foreign dignitary who was invited to attend Japanese Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony aboard, made an emergency landing on Monday in Tokyo's Haneda airport, media reported

Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Suga, confirmed on Monday that China had detained a Japanese professor on suspicion of spying for Tokyo

A group of 98 Japanese lawmakers paid a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo, a place that other Asian nations regard as a symbol of Japan's militarist past, local media reported Friday