Official campaigning began Thursday in Japan for the July 20 House of Councillors election, a crucial battle for Prime ...

KASHIHARA, Nara -- "Street Fighter" game characters are promoting the Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites in west Japan's ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday defended his party's plan to distribute cash handouts as a quick way to help ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck a small island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the latest temblor ...

Lawmakers in the upper house of the country's bicameral legislature serve six-year terms. Elections are held every three ...

The following is a chronology of major events leading up to the official start of campaigning for Japan's House of ...

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- The mayor of Hiroshima said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump "does not understand the reality ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 30 years in prison for stabbing three employees, one of them to ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held ...

Japan's tax revenue for fiscal 2024 reached a record 75.23 trillion yen ($524 billion), hitting a new high for the fifth ...

Kento Inoue hit a grand slam for his first professional home run in his first trip to the plate this season as the DeNA ...