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 ...

The mother of the man standing trial for assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 apologized Thursday ...

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

NARA—Defense lawyers for the man accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his mother’s fervent religious ...

And now, China has suspended imports of Japanese seafood.

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

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will meet with key government ministers on Wednesday, including Finance Minister Satsuki ...

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 ...

China issued a travel advisory against Japan and sent coast guard ships to disputed waters, as tensions escalate rapidly over ...

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.

I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart for the terrible crime committed by my second son, Tetsuya,' said the ...