Tokyo

Tuna sells for record $1.7m in Tokyo

A Bluefin tuna has sold for a record $US1.76 million ($A1.69 million) at a Tokyo auction, nearly three times the previous high set last year.

Russian fighter jets breach Japanese airspace: Tokyo

Two Russian fighter jets violated Japanese airspace on Thursday as Tokyo scrambled its own planes in response, the defence ministry said, reportedly the first such incident in five years.

Tokyo, Manila step closer as tensions rise in Asia

Martin Fackler TOKYO: In a sign of how China's rise has helped turn wartime foes into allies, Japan and the Philippines have agreed to co-operate more closely on maritime security.

Power shifts as Tokyo turns to gas

Tokyo In a direct act of rebellion against Tokyo Electric Power Co, which owns the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the local government in Tokyo is moving to build a huge natural gas facility.

Tokyo Disneyland trip turns to tragedy

At least seven people have been killed and 39 injured after a bus bound for Tokyo Disneyland crashed.

Calls for release of Tokyo Two

Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki thought they'd cracked open Japan's secretive whaling industry. Now they face a battle for their freedom.

Tokyo tap water unsafe for infants

Radioactive iodine has been detected in Tokyo tap water, with officials recommending not to allow infants to consume it.

Tokyo firefighters at nuclear plant

Video released by Tokyo's fire department shows firefighters battling to cool overheating reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Nuclear protest draws hundreds in Tokyo

Hundreds of anti-nuclear protestors take to the streets of Tokyo, as Japan continues to grapple worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

Train cameras to catch Tokyo gropers

TOKYO: A train line in Tokyo has started installing security cameras inside some carriages to combat the menace of sexual molestation on crowded peak-hour carriages.

John Garnaut

Beijing warned its belligerence on islands is ruining relations with Tokyo

John Garnaut BEIJING: A leading figure in Japanese international relations who helped mend fences with China in the 1980s says Beijing's ''diplomatic shock and awe campaign'' over disputed islands in the East...

Tokyo's oldest had been long dead

A man listed as the oldest living male in Tokyo died some 30 years ago and has been found mummified in his bed.

Tokyo residents gripped by fear and uncertainty

South Asia correspondent Ben Doherty reports on the uncertainty filled Tokyo following the quake and nuclear disaster, with many residents fleeing the city.

Tokyo, pop. 36 million, and falling...

Ben Doherty and Adam Carey Tokyo, neon city, is fumbling around in the dark.

Exodus overwhelms Tokyo airport

Ben Doherty, Tokyo As radiation warnings escalate, food and water runs short and rumours sweep the city of another big quake coming, Tokyo's international airport has become an outlet for this city's fear.

New Japan quake shakes Tokyo

Japan is hit by another earthquake, though not as large as the one which sparked the devastating tsunami.

Japanese mayor's WWII comment sparks outrage

Hiroko Tabuchi Tokyo: Toru Hashimoto, the populist mayor of Osaka, who is seen by some as a possible future prime minister, drew an outcry Monday after he said that women forced into wartime brothels for the...

Japan powerbroker's surprise North Korea visit

Martin Fackler A political aide to the Prime Minister of Japan made a sudden, rare visit to North Korea on Tuesday. Japanese officials refused to say what he was doing there.

China condemns Osaka mayor's WWII views

China condemned comments by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto that Asian women who were forced to work as prostitutes for the Japanese Army during World War II were necessary to accommodate soldiers facing...