The legislation outline compiled by the government to revise the Imperial House Law contains two main pillars.

Trailblazing singer and actor Akihiro Miwa, who survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to become a fearless cultural icon, ...

Asian markets were mixed on Monday and U.S. futures advanced after stocks on Wall Street steadied with only modest losses ...

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled northeastern Japan early Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the latest ...

Iran is obligated to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect its nuclear facilities under the memorandum of ...

Two major storm systems pounded Japan on Saturday, causing landslides and floods and leaving one dead and several injured, ...

DALLAS--Hajime Moriyasu's quest to lead Japan deep into the World Cup faces a master-versus-apprentice last-32 clash on ...

A Meiji University-related start-up announced plans to begin Japan’s first clinical trial of transplanting organs from cloned ...

Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Hirofumi Nakasone apologized June 29 for saying it would be “impossible” for Princess Aiko ...

Electric utilities’ secret recordings of court proceedings were aimed at collecting as much information as possible—including ...

The government has drafted a proposal to grant the sons of patrilineal descendants adopted into the imperial family the right ...

SEOUL--South Korea and Japan on Sunday reaffirmed ‌their commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean ⁠Peninsula and ...