As the July 20 House of Councillors election approaches in Japan, political parties are fervently arguing for regulations on ...

A man who served seven years in prison after being found guilty of the 1986 murder of a junior high school student was ...

The personnel shortage in Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) is severe. Not just temporary fixes but fundamental measures are ...

Ishiba, who heads the Liberal Democratic Party, has intensified his rhetoric on issues appealing to conservatives, a core LDP ...

Lavender are now at their best at Kuju Flower Park in the city of Taketa, Oita Prefecture. The highland area, located at an ...

An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three ...

China's trade with North Korea in the first half of 2025 rose about 30 percent from a year earlier, official data showed ...

The rainy season appears to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin region of eastern Japan, including Tokyo, as well as in the ...

Japan's former Emperor Akihito has been diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, a heart rhythm disorder that causes a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to advance ongoing tariff ...

Second-generation descendants of Japanese nationals, who were left behind in the Philippines and have been stateless since ...

Kyoto Animation Co. held a memorial on Friday to honor the 36 victims of the 2019 arson attack, with families renewing the ...