Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi listens to a question during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo ...

The church’s influence on Tetsuya Yamagami's family has become a focal point of his trial, as a grudge he said he held ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the role of deputy chief Cabinet secretaries in ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and key economic ministers in the country's new government have agreed to watch market ...

Bears that keep wandering into human spaces face severe consequences. The same is true for a Japan that lets historical revisionism and militarism run unchecked. The world is watching. It is time for ...

Tensions between Japan and China are escalating after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested Japan might defend Taiwan ...

Sanae Takaichi may have captured global attention with her bold rhetoric and cinematic debut, but her populist instincts and ...

In late October, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shook hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping and both agreed to construct a constructive and stable bilateral relationship.

Japan has now warned its citizens in China to be careful of their surroundings and to avoid big crowds amid a diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chinese travelers have canceled more than half a million plane tickets to Japan since Saturday. Chinese students there have been told to be careful. Two Japanese films have been ...

If the recent disasters that beleaguered the Philippines happened in Japan, the prime minister would forthwith resign for failure of the government to protect and serve the people.

The international system occasionally reaches moments when pressures once contained or isolated begin to converge, colliding in ways that strain global stability. Today, the world is unmistakably in ...