Pacifist-leaning Komeito, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, formally crowned Keiichi Ishii as its new leader, ...

Thousands of Japanese fans bid tearful farewell to their beloved panda couple that made their final public appearance at ...

It may be the end of the line for “Doctor Yellow” trains, but before they are retired in January train buffs might like to know what they are like inside.

Organizers of the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo scrapped plans to allow passengers onto the event's highly anticipated small ...

Outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's final official overseas visit included a  meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at ...

Real estate developers are employing early warning technology that shuts down elevators in their buildings in central Tokyo ...

The Hudson Institute, a leading U.S. think tank, published a commentary titled “The Future of Japan’s Foreign Policy” ...

Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday the country's monetary policy must remain accommodative as a ...

KYOTO--Kyoto University Hospital next February will start a clinical trial to develop an easier treatment for intractable ...

Shigeru Ishiba was elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sept. 27, reaching the top of the ladder in ...

While Kyoto is packed with foreign tourists year-round, the city's restaurant industry suffers a wide gap between the busy ...

Russia has established a weapons program in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against ...