The graying of Japanese society seems to have turned a lot grayer. Figures published by the internal affairs ministry ahead ...

KOBE—A third-party investigative panel on March 19 concluded that Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito committed power harassment on several occasions and violated the whistleblower protection law with other ...

For a long time, the victories and defeats in electoral districts where only one seat was up for re-election have determined ...

A major earthquake that registered a maximum seismic intensity of 7 rocked Kumamoto Prefecture at 4:27 p.m. on July ...

A Ground Self-Defense Force officer was indicted over breaking into the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo with a knife and making ...

Following a horrific knife attack in public, the government plans to require stalkers to wear Global Positioning System (GPS) ...

South Korea’s Kospi index plunged more than 10% on Tuesday on heavy selling of chipmaking stocks that have gyrated recently ...

The Saitama Seibu Lions made history on July 27 by inking pitcher Akshay More to a developmental contract, making him the ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan will test relocating weapons production ⁠lines and converting civilian ⁠factories for military use in annual ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will urge the government to institute “administrative wiretapping,” which would allow ...

About half of buildings constructed under previous quake-resistance standards were destroyed in the New Year’s Day earthquake ...

West Japan Railway Co. debuted a prototype of an automatic ramp for people using wheelchairs that fills the dangerous gap ...