The ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suffered a bruising defeat in the Upper House election. Voters ...

The ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lost its majority in the Upper House election on July 20, ...

Opposition party Sanseito, which espouses “Japanese First” policies and spouts anti-immigrant rhetoric, made a strong showing ...

Front-page headlines in Japanese newspapers come in various forms. The more important or surprising the news, the more the ...

Nippon Steel Corp.’s acquisition of U. S. Steel required nerves of steel, which Eiji Hashimoto, the company’s chairman and ...

A classic manga by Ryoko Yamagishi featuring Prince Shotoku of ancient Japan will be adapted into a traditional Noh-kyogen ...

SENDAI—Sendai locals Keisuke Saito and Junko Abe each found and consumed 100 different fish species in their quest to gain ...

The Self-Defense Forces are back in business with a boot camp program for companies wanting to toughen up new hires.

TOKYO--Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling coalition facing a possible defeat ...

HIROSHIMA—The city of Hiroshima opened the underground ossuary of the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound here to the media for the ...

Following similar trends overseas, several Japanese political parties are announcing tougher regulations against foreigners ...

Miyo Aoetsu is on a roll. The artisan baker from Japan scooped Britain’s Best Loaf 2025 for her brioche infused with lemon ...