Après près d’une cinquantaine d’années de relations diplomatiques, le Japon décide d’installer son ambassade à Port-Louis. Yoshiharu Kato, le premier ambassadeur, passe en revue ces relations entre les deux pays et explique pourquoi Maurice est important pour le pays du soleil-levant.

After two aborted test flights in as many days following a faulty air-conditioning system, Japan’s first locally built passenger jet was back for checks and fixes amid delays to a program aimed at challenging the dominance of Brazil’s Embraer SA and Canada’s Bombardier Inc.

Tokyo elected its first female governor Sunday, picking former environment minister Yuriko Koike over a government-backed rival as the city struggles to put its preparations for the 2020 Olympics back on track.

The governor of Tokyo has said he is standing down amid a spending scandal, Japanese media report.

President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima Friday is a trip more than six years in the making by a man who has sought to recognize history without being what he has called "imprisoned" by it.