The Japanese prime minister expressed support on Friday for the resolve of the United States after its missile strikes on a Syrian air base, from which a chemical attack was allegedly launched.

The Chief Cabinet Secretary stressed on Friday that the decision to end the Ground Self-Defense Force’s peacekeeping mission in South Sudan in May was not made out of security concerns.

Japan’s prime minister on Monday attempted to distance himself from an Osaka-based nationalistic school that is involved in a shady land deal, where his wife resigned as honorary principal.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea’s missile launch as “absolutely intolerable” and U.S. President Donald Trump stood with Japan at a joint news conference on Saturday.

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday. He pledged to put “America first” in his inaugural speech as hundreds of thousands of supporters cheered.

After a law legalizing casino gambling in Japan officially took effect on December 26th, public opinion polls reflect concerns about the risk of gambling addiction.

Japan reached numerous economic deals with Russia in Tokyo on Friday following talks between the two leaders but failed to achieve a breakthrough in the issue of the Northern Territories.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye was suspended on Friday after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to impeach her over a corruption scandal amid massive street protests.

The Justice Ministry is considering amending the Civil Code to raise the legal marriage age for women from 16 to 18, the same age at which men are legally allowed to marry.

Voters in the Japanese capital of Tokyo elected their first woman governor among a record 21 candidates on Sunday after her predecessor resigned over a financial scandal in June.

In the upper house election on Sunday, the first national election since Japan lowered the voting age from 20 to 18, some media exit polls showed the ruling coalition won a landslide victory.

While the presidential nominees of both major parties have historically low approval ratings, most Americans have never heard of Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, a third party option.