The younger sister of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man on trial for the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told the ...

Defendant Yamagami Tetsuya is on trial for fatally shooting former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo with a homemade pipe gun ...

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

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

By signing the Joint Statement and reaffirming this stance in subsequent bilateral documents, such as the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship in 1978, Japan recognized that the Taiwan ...

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

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

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

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.

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.

The rise of Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister with firm conservative credentials, carries both symbolic ...

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 ...