"Frog-ization" is the Japanese equivalent of "ick," a feeling you get after your crush starts liking you, and you realize they aren't that attractive.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Members of the Group of Seven advanced nations are prepared to build "constructive and stable relations" with China while acting in their national interests, according to a draft version of their communique seen by Reuters on Friday. The leaders, who kicked off a three-day summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima that goes until Sunday recognise that "economic resilence requires

The second meeting in two months between leaders of Japan and South Korea after years without a formal summit marks another win for the Biden administration, which has sought to unite the allies to cooperate against North Korea and undercut China’s growing power.

GERMANY 1-2 JAPAN - IAN LADYMAN: This was another remarkable afternoon in Doha as a game that Germany had controlled for long was turned on its head by a courageous Japan side.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced Tuesday that it abounded plans to land its OMOTENASHI probe on the moon because the team could not make a connection with it.

North Korea has fired another ballistic missile towards Japan, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff have said.

Japan is considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to boost its counterattack capability against China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday.