A vote is mandatory following a general election, and Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the top ...

Even so, Ishiba then faces the prospect of running a fragile minority government as protectionist Donald Trump regains ...

Temperatures are cooling in Japan, but interest in visiting shows no signs of abating, as autumn arrivals continue to outpace ...

TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday (Nov 11) faces a parliament vote expected to keep him in the job, but ...

After the iconic bullet train, Japan is now constructing a rare "conveyor belt road" which will connect Tokyo to Osaka and ...

Asian stocks fell on Monday, led by a more than 2% drop in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, as China’s stimulus package ...

Storyline: Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said on Friday that its loss related to its dietary supplements ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of Japan’s kingmaking opposition party, confirms tabloid report of affair as pressure mounts ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime ...

followed by Tokyo with 727,500. The next most frequently searched prefectures were Osaka, Okinawa, and Hokkaidō. Fukuoka ...

Suspects Hayato Araki and Tsukuru Watanabe are said to have met at a convenience store in the city of Mitaka in western Tokyo ...