Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso

Japan's deputy prime minister Taro Aso said: "If a major problem took place in Taiwan, it would not be too much to say that it could relate to a survival-threatening situation (for Japan)."

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso has come under fire for blaming childless women for the country's declining population, the media reported on Tuesday.

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso said Monday he was returning a year's salary after his ministry scrubbed public documents related to a cronyism scandal that has dogged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

At least two people have been killed and 18 others are missing in huge floods that are surging through southern Japan, with authorities warning hundreds of thousands of people to flee.

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing today, media reported, in the latest sign of warming ties between the East Asian giants.

After telling Japan's growing ranks of elderly they should "hurry up and die", Finance Minister Taro Aso has turned his well-worn gaffe gun on "people who don't give birth".

Japan's deputy prime minister Taro Aso said: "If a major problem took place in Taiwan, it would not be too much to say that it could relate to a survival-threatening situation (for Japan)."

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso has come under fire for blaming childless women for the country's declining population, the media reported on Tuesday.

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso said Monday he was returning a year's salary after his ministry scrubbed public documents related to a cronyism scandal that has dogged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

At least two people have been killed and 18 others are missing in huge floods that are surging through southern Japan, with authorities warning hundreds of thousands of people to flee.

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso held talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing today, media reported, in the latest sign of warming ties between the East Asian giants.

After telling Japan's growing ranks of elderly they should "hurry up and die", Finance Minister Taro Aso has turned his well-worn gaffe gun on "people who don't give birth".