House of Councillors election candidate Takashi Tachibana, leader of the political group NHK Party, made xenophobic remarks ...

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The official Instagram account of the Imperial Household Agency reached 2 million followers on the morning of July 3, with ...

In Japan, prosecutors are powerful public officials who are meant to protect the public from rapists and other criminals. But ...

Seventy percent of shops and restaurants currently operating from temporary facilities in the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsul ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Japan is not importing U ...

(AP) -- The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those ...

Japan's former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka was beaten by third-round opponent Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at Wimbledon on Friday, ...

A Japanese novelist on Thursday became her country's first to win a major British award for crime and mystery writing, ...

Campaigning for the House of Councillors election is officially underway in Japan, with a major focal point being measures to ...

Many Japanese rice traders expected in June that prices of the staple food would drop over the next three months, data from a ...

Japan's ruling coalition is locked in a fierce battle with the opposition to secure a majority in the House of Councillors in the Jul ...