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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The yen hit its weakest level against the dollar since January amid concerns over a planned stimulus package of at least 20 trillion yen (US$130 billion) expected on Friday.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.