Hanako Okada was one of 73 women to win seats at the general election last month, a record number in a Parliament long dominated by men.

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest ...

Japanese social media was quick to point out that PM Shigeru Ishiba appeared to doze off during Monday’s vote in parliament ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has survived a runoff vote against the opposition but will face turmoil ahead amid ...

Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tarnished coalition lost its parliamentary majority in a lower house election late last month.

Ironically, the opposition parties may have more in common with the late Abe’s approach than the LDP’s current leader.

The Japanese property developer is expanding its portfolio of luxury accommodations to be a third mainstay business alongside office leasing and property sales.

Japan set for rare political shakeup after ruling Liberal Democratic party suffers ‘severe judgment’ in general election.

Japan’s parliament reelected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade, paving the way for the struggling leader to f ...

More than 200 volcanic and coral islands, many of them surrounded by a single barrier reef, make up the northern Pacific ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and ...