Japan’s bitter memories of its banking meltdown in the 1990s made it sympathetic to Washington’s bailout efforts and reluctant to lecture America.

Three Japanese climbers were killed while on an expedition to reach the summit of a sacred mountain in Tibet, a mountaineering official said on Friday.

Prime Minister Taro Aso’s fledgling government suffered an early blow when Nariaki Nakayama resigned for verbal gaffes that caused public outrage.

In his first news conference as prime minister, Taro Aso said his priority was to revive the economy.

Taro Aso, a veteran politician who fought for years to win Japan’s top political post, was officially named prime minister on Wednesday.

Taro Aso, a veteran politician who fought for years to win Japan’s top political post, was officially named prime minister on Wednesday.

Taro Aso, an outspoken conservative who campaigned with promises to stimulate Japan’s flagging economy, was chosen to become the next prime minister.

It is not clear that Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party’s push for reform is anything more than a show.

One person was killed and six were injured when a man with a sickle assaulted a crowd at the grounds of a Shinto shrine, the police said.

The Asian Development Bank, representing countries from Japan and China to Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, unanimously approved a $40 million loan to Georgia.