The government on Tuesday launched a new office within the Cabinet Secretariat tasked with addressing concerns about the ...

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond briefly hit 1.595 percent Tuesday, the highest level since ...

Japan's Defense Ministry is concerned that China is expanding the operational capabilities of its military over a wider area, ...

HIROSHIMA -- "We want to convey the message that even when the war has ended, the suffering that remains with people lasts a ...

A Japanese research team led by the National Cancer Center Japan announced in the British journal Nature on June 14 that it ...

After nearly 40 seconds of intense grappling in a sumo training bout, Yarden Yatkovski, 27, throws down a wrestler ranked in ...

About 70 members of a citizens' group here called for an inclusive society at a recent demonstration ahead of the July 20 ...

Minor opposition party Sanseito filed a protest against a program aired by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. (TBS) ...

China's economy slowed in the last quarter as President Donald Trump's trade war escalated, but it still expanded at a robust ...

Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will end vehicle production at its flagship Oppama plant near Tokyo by the end of ...

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Japan will hold an important election for the House of Councillors on July 20. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal ...