Japanese media say a sociology student attacked her classmates with a hammer during class after voicing frustration at being ignored.

TOKYO: At least eight people were wounded in a hammer attack at a university in Tokyo on Friday (Jan 10), with the suspect apprehended, Japanese media said. All the wounded people

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will travel to South Korea on Monday to shore up security cooperation between the East Asian neighbours and their mutual U.S. ally that is meant to counter China's growing regional power.

JAPANESE Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit the Philippines from Jan. 14 to 15 to strengthen their strategic partnership amid an "increasingly complex security environment," Manila's Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday.

A Korea-Japan bilateral foreign ministers’ meeting will take place in Seoul next Monday afternoon, Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday.