The ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lost its majority in the Upper House election on July 20, ...

Opposition party Sanseito, which espouses “Japanese First” policies and spouts anti-immigrant rhetoric, made a strong showing ...

Declaring a hiatus should not be allowed in national politics, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed July 21 to remain in office despite the disastrous showing in the Upper House election that saw his ...

Front-page headlines in Japanese newspapers come in various forms. The more important or surprising the news, the more the ...

Nippon Steel Corp.’s acquisition of U. S. Steel required nerves of steel, which Eiji Hashimoto, the company’s chairman and ...

SENDAI—Sendai locals Keisuke Saito and Junko Abe each found and consumed 100 different fish species in their quest to gain ...

A classic manga by Ryoko Yamagishi featuring Prince Shotoku of ancient Japan will be adapted into a traditional Noh-kyogen ...

HIROSHIMA—The city of Hiroshima opened the underground ossuary of the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound here to the media for the ...

Following similar trends overseas, several Japanese political parties are announcing tougher regulations against foreigners ...

TOKYO--Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling coalition facing a possible defeat ...

The Self-Defense Forces are back in business with a boot camp program for companies wanting to toughen up new hires.

Around 2 million more voters have cast early ballots for the July 20 Upper House election that is widely expected to deal a ...