After Australia A beat a Japan XV 71-7 earlier this month, many observers would have written off Japan’s chances in the main test match at Tokyo’s National Stadium on Oct 25. Australia felt ...

Japan's Diet elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull ...

Toyota Motor may announce plans next week to import vehicles manufactured in the United States to Japan during U.S. President ...

Murayama issued the 1995 proclamation on the 50th anniversary of Japan's surrender, expressing "deep remorse ... "Tomiichi Murayama, the father of Japanese politics, passed away today at 11:28 am at a ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is accused of assassinating Mr. Abe with a homemade gun during an election rally in 2022.

Toyota may export U.S.-made vehicles to Japan to address trade imbalance as regulations are reviewed for approval.

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have effectively agreed to form a coalition government, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

A painting hailed as a Moïse Kisling masterwork, held in the collection of a Japanese company, was uncovered as a fake.

Additionally, troops will be sent to the Akita Prefecture — an area in northern Japan — to help set traps and dispose of bear ...

A man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admitted to murder on Tuesday in the first hearing of the ...