Several of Japan’s ruling and opposition parties were shocked by former Deputy Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa’s defeat of former House ...

The Japan Fair Trade Commission conducted an on-the-spot inspection of Amazon Japan, a Japanese unit of the major online ...

A fire broke out in a building in the Susukino entertainment district, Sapporo, after an explosion was heard at around 3:20 p ...

Kyodo News mistakenly reported that Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Akiko Ikuina visited Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, 2022, ...

The government is considering setting a target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2035 by 60% from the 2013 ...

The funeral of Princess Yuriko of Mikasa, who died on Nov. 15 at the age of 101, was held at a cemetery in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo ...

Crown Prince Akishino said Monday that he hopes his son, Prince Hisahito, will have the opportunity to study abroad in the ...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with U.K. foreign secretary David Lammy on Monday during a visit to Rome and expressed his ...

A bar owner in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, reunited with his beloved Shiba Inu dog Kenshiro in October, after being separated ...

It’s exciting in this season to travel to a region famous for soba to enjoy the freshly made and boiled noodles served in ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito on Monday denied paying a company to run his social media campaign in the ...

A fire broke out during the engine combustion test of Japan’s new Epsilon S solid-fuel rocket at Japan Aerospace Exploration ...