A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.

Okinawa police arrested a U.S. Marine on suspicion of murdering a local woman at a hotel, a crime that has drawn outrage from ...

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Japan finance minister tells Bessent PM Takaichi is not a reflationist ...

The vote by faculty members is considered just one factor in choosing the president. In 2014, under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Oct. 5 devoted about 60 percent of her opening policy speech in the extraordinary Diet ...

Despite Japan’s reputation as a vending machine heaven, inflation has driven some companies that sell canned and bottled drinks to pull out of the industry or drastically reduce the number of machines ...

Instead of traditional outdoor activities and cookouts around the campfire at night, children at a specialized “study camp” set up near Mount Fuji were on a different mission.

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture—The Yamato Museum reopened here on April 23 following year-long renovations to bring the behemoth World War II battleship closer to real life based on the latest research.

A record high 64 percent of voters believe Japan should strengthen its defensive capabilities, according to a survey conducted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. By contrast, only 10 percent of ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party started discussions to revise Japan’s national defense policy on Nov. 20 with a focus on ...