Japan
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After Trump appeared to be nodding along to Japanese prime minister’s remarks, White House spokesman says he was not using device
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Editorial: Destabilising the Asian-Pacific status quo and unsettling China is not an end in itself. Regional powers are unnerved by erratic and even contradictory signals from the US
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Exclusive: Metal salvaging off Borneo was originally authorised as ‘research’ by Malaysian university
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PwC predicts UK will be hit in short term by Brexit, but will outperform US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan by 2050
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Mission to clear up Earth’s orbit ends after device created with a fishing net company fails to deploy
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James Mattis was seen as a safe pair of hands at the defence department, but is fighting fires started by the president and secretary of state
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Beijing reacts to defence secretary James Mattis saying that the US would defend Japan in a conflict with China over disputed Senkaku islands
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Extraordinary readings pile pressure on operator Tepco in its efforts to decommission nuclear power station
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Man convicted for breaking child prostitution laws loses legal bid to have details removed from Google results
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Campaigners call for full ban on smoking in bars and restaurants to comply with IOC requirement to stage healthy Games
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Operator says it has seen what may be fuel debris beneath badly damaged No 2 reactor, destroyed six years ago in triple meltdown
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Prime minister Shinzo Abe has spent the past four years trying to coax consumers into spending more
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Shoppers dismayed at company’s decision to include US president in collection given his comments about women
Golf diplomacy: Japan's Abe hopes for strokes of genius to seal Trump trade pact