Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday expressed his intention to stay on as Japan's prime minister, with his Liberal Democratic Party set ...

As bear-related injuries rise in Japan, an insurance company is offering to cover local governments for damages related to ...

Former Olympic gold medalist Daichi Suzuki, a newcomer from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is set to secure his first ...

A Japanese university survey on new hires in fiscal 2025 has revealed a preference for promotion by seniority over a performance-based system ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to lose a significant number of seats in the July 20 House of Councillors ...

All train services on the Yamanote loop line in central Tokyo were briefly suspended Sunday afternoon after a fire, likely ...

Mayu Ushida, a former NHK announcer and political newcomer, is projected to win a seat in the Tokyo constituency in the July ...

OSAKA -- Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of Nippon Ishin (the Japan Innovation Party), said July 20 that the party faced a "tough" ...

Renho of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) is set to win a seat in the July 20 House of ...

Japan's main opposition leader, Yoshihiko Noda, ruled out forming a grand coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

When Chiaki Mukai and Naoko Yamazaki, the only Japanese women to have traveled to space, first aspired to become astrona ...

A record 26 million people cast early ballots for Sunday's House of Councillors election, the government said, with the ...