The Liberal Democratic Party’s draft plan to shrink the Lower House entails seat reductions in all 11 proportional ...

American actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris, known for the Tony-nominated "Slave Play", was arrested last month at an ...

The Japanese embassy in China issued a safety advisory on Friday ahead of next week's anniversary of "the Nanjing Incident," or the Nanjing Massacre, which it said is considered particularly sensitive ...

Yields on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bonds on Dec. 4 hit their highest level in 18 years on growing expectations ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates in December with the government expected to tolerate such a decision, ...

OITA--A huge fire here that killed one person, razed more than 180 buildings and jumped to an island has been fully ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture–Local officials will stop issuing the city’s popular license plates featuring the iconic ...

SYDNEY--Australia’s internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to ...

BANGKOK--Asian shares began the week mixed, with Tokyo’s benchmark falling nearly 2% on Monday after the release of data ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi did not retract her remarks on a Taiwan contingency involving Japan as she was grilled ...

The president of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. apologized on Nov. 27 for the system failure from a cyberattack that has persisted ...

Amid a wave of class closures due to a surge in influenza cases, many parents are facing anxious times with the long winter ...