Hong Kong - Asian markets were mostly up on Friday with Japanese stocks jumping to their highest level in more than five years after the dollar surged above the 100 yen mark and US jobs data boosted sentiment.Tokyo closed up 2.93 percent, or 416.06 points, at 14,607.54 following the dollar's ...

LONDON: Actor Daniel Radcliffe has revealed his next project, starring as US journalist Jake Adelstein in the thriller Tokyo Vice. The film, which will go into production early next year, is based on the writer’s memoirs of his time working as an investigative reporter in Japan. Adelstein was ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan’s central government has formally asked Okinawa’s governor to approve plans to build new US military facilities on the island, officials said, a vital step to ending a long-running dispute. The move is the first in several years aimed at breaking the deadlock between ...

ONE Direction is to play a special gig at the White House.The boy band - made up of Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne - have been invited by President Barack Obama to perform at his home as a ''thank you'' to his two daughters, Malia, 14, and 11-year-old Sasha, ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Beijing-baiting Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, whose plan to buy disputed islands ignited a smouldering row with China, on Thursday branded Japan’s pacifist constitution “ugly” as he launched a bid for national power. The outspoken 80-year-old Ishihara said he was ...

TOKYO (AFP) - A team of Japanese surveyors Sunday sailed to a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea that the nationalistic governor of Tokyo wants to buy, with Beijing lodging a “serious protest” at the action.Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, known for his outspoken views, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In a restaurant down an alley in one of Tokyo’s best-known bars and discos, four massive female robots wink and wave as they lumber to the beat of traditional Japanese drums and a Lady Gaga dance tune.It’s show time at the “Robot Restaurant,” a new and ...

Donor nations on Sunday pledged $16 billion for Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding back into turmoil when foreign combat troops depart, but called on Kabul to implement reforms to fight graft. A statement at the closing of a conference in Tokyo confirmed donors would stump up $16 ...

TOKYO  - Tokyo has its best chance to host the Summer Olympics in 2020 and will face a long wait to bid for the Games again if it loses out, Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda said Tuesday.“If we ever miss this chance, we feel it will be quite difficult for Tokyo or ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan, the United States and six other nations signed a treaty in Tokyo on Saturday to fight counterfeit and pirated goods, saying their proliferation hurts economic growth and helps organised crime. But the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was not joined by China, where ...

OSAKA (AFP) - The nuclear emergency following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has led 25 embassies to temporarily shut their doors in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said Wednesday. Matsumoto provided the figure in an appearance before the lower house foreign affairs committee. As of ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese share prices will likely take a breather next week as investors look to the next Fed meeting while fears for the eurozone debt crisis are easing, dealers said. In the week to June 18, the Tokyo Stock Exchanges headline Nikkei index gained 289.77 points, or 2.99 percent, to ...

KARACHI (PR) - The Emirates has announced the launch of its inaugural flight to Tokyo -Japans capital city. Tokyo will be Emirates 102nd international destination, and closely follows the recent launch of operations to Durban and Luanda. Tokyo is the first of a number of exciting route launches of ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Tokyo subway commuters had a brush with Hollywood stardom Thursday when Denzel Washington briefly played train dispatcher, announcing in his velvet baritone that the train is leaving now. The two-time Oscar winner visited the command centre of a Tokyo underground rail station to ...

Prime Minister's advisor on Interior Rehman Malik believes foreign hands are involved in the incidents of terrorism in the country. On a visit to Quetta, he asked a jirga from the areas of Balochistan along the Afghan border to help the government tackle the terrorists and their patrons. The ...

PCB has asked Shoaib Akhtar to pay the fine of seven million rupees before the ICC Champions Trophy. The PCB has sent a notice to fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar asking him to pay the fine of Rs. 7,000,000. Shoaib Akhtar's name has been included in the 15-man squad selected for the ICC Champions Trophy. ...

TOKYO (AFP) - A man went on a stabbing spree Sunday in a busy Tokyo neighbourhood famed for comic-book subculture, killing at least seven people and leaving around a dozen injured in Japan's deadliest crime in years. The assailant, who later told police he was 'tired of living,' drove a truck ...