Official campaigning kicked off Friday for the June 22 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, with much attention being paid ...

With campaigning having started for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, some parties with no seats in the assembly took ...

The quake’s epicenter was in Chiba Prefecture. It measured a 2 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Nerima Ward, ...

Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, who is currently visiting Brazil, paid a ...

The Liberal Democratic Party is considering providing ¥40,000 in cash per person as a measure to deal with rising prices, ...

Two Malaysian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle stimulants into Japan by soaking them in wet ...

The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association released Thursday a statement on the internet and election reporting, ...

Japan’s parliament enacted Friday a revised pension reform bill that calls for a measure to shore up basic pension benefits.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday sent a message of condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following a ...

Shotaro Yachi, former secretary general of the National Security Secretariat, said in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun ...

Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Friday, mirroring moves in U.S. stock futures, oil and other stock markets on news that ...

The late afternoon sun sets both sky and rice paddies ablaze in orange and red light in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, a ...