A small but increasingly influential Japanese opposition party has decided to suspend its leader, Yuichiro Tamaki, for three ...

Former Japan midfielder Junichi Inamoto, a scorer of two goals at the 2002 World Cup and the first player from the country to ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that Japan is carefully watching the situation in South Korea, following the ...

The United States unveiled Tuesday its official mascot for next year's World Expo in the Japanese city of Osaka, with ...

South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol's presidency was under siege on Wednesday after his abrupt six-hour declaration of martial ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday he will lift his declaration of emergency martial law in the face of ...

The U.S. Space Force on Wednesday launched a unit at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, with the aim of strengthening ...

Famed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami will be awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater Waseda University in ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba indicates that his ruling party would endorse members implicated in a slush fund ...

The government and the ruling parties are considering applying a higher income tax exemption threshold from January 2026, in ...

Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing in the World Services ...

Although becoming a household name in her home country has never seemed a realistic ambition for Japanese author Mieko Kanai, ...