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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ichika Kajimoto won Japan's first medal of the world aquatics championships in Singapore, taking bronze in the women's ...

In just three days, 10 million yen (about $67,000) was raised through a crowdfunding campaign to relocate a rare ...

Tokyo stocks ended lower Friday as many investors refrained from buying amid a cautious mood ahead of this weekend's House of ...

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

When the now 29-year-old woman left Vietnam for Japan, she left her three young children behind. She decided to come to Japan ...