Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi conveyed Wednesday her intention to dissolve the House of Representatives on an early date of ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed on Tuesday to launch talks between relevant ...

The Akita Shinkansen service has been suspended in both directions between Akita and Morioka stations on Wednesday after it ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering Feb. 8 as the voting date for the next general election if she takes the step of ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for leaving his 2-year-old son inside a washing machine, causing him to suffocate ...

This year’s winners of the Akutagawa Prize were announced Wednesday in Tokyo. Makoto Toriyama and Ushio Hatakeyama won the ...

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of the Japan Innovation Party, and Osaka City Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama, deputy leader of ...

A spate of scandals involving local leaders across the country has raised doubts about their qualifications. Local leaders ...

The annual Imperial ceremony of Utakai Hajime, or the New Year’s Poetry Reading, was held at the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda ...

Japan-South Korea relations, which are on a trend of improvement, are growing more stable as their leaders engage in frequent ...

Red-crowned cranes display their graceful forms on the snowy grounds of a center in Kushiro, Hokkaido. The cranes are ...

The Czech Republic’s new government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš was set to face a mandatory confidence vote ...