TOKYO, March 8 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's Cabinet has been caught up in a widening police probe into illicit political donations, sources said.

TOKYO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Japanese leaders pledged to support Thailand's nuclear power industry.

TOKYO, May 28 (UPI) -- Inpex Corp. has not been informed its February 2004 contract to develop a major oil field in Iran has been terminated, Japanese government officials said.

WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office announced Wednesday that it will pilot a trial initiative called the Patent Prosecution Highway July 3.

TOKYO, April 4 (UPI) -- Japan is proposing negotiations between 16 Asian nations aimed at creating an East Asia free trade zone, a trade ministry official said Tuesday in Tokyo.

HONG KONG, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The World Trade Organization should help poor nations improve their infrastructure so they can successfully participate in global trade, Japan said Wednesday. Speaking at the WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong Wednesday, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said t

TOKYO, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Two Japanese political parties that took a beating in the weekend election will merge, Kyodo News reported Monday.