The Imperial Household Agency announced on the morning of Oct. 8 that the surgery to repair the broken femur that Empress ...

With Halloween around the corner, Tokyo administrators are exploring ways to curtail the rise in public drinking, noise and ...

SYDNEY--The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has issued rare criticism of China over last month’s launch of an ...

A consortium of a Japanese university and businesses will team up with a state government in Australia for a project to mass ...

When I hear or see the word “magokoro,” I picture an advertisement of a person holding out a summer “ochugen” gift box with a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s decision to “punish” scandal-tainted lawmakers in the Lower House election has sparked an ...

A long sought-after bill to provide compensation to people with disabilities who were forcibly sterilized under the former ...

Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 — are not ...

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward becoming a military superpower with ...

Justice Minister Hideki Makihara confirmed on Oct. 8 that he attended at least 10 gatherings and meetings organized by the ...

In his first Diet debate, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba came under fire for retreating from his previous positions on key ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Kishiba has changed his stance on the Liberal Democratic Party’s support for Lower House election ...