Countries backing the International Criminal Court (ICC), including Japan, blasted and called for the immediate withdrawal of ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is developing an AI-powered robot dog designed to help elderly people live independently at ...

Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887-1957), the Japanese foreign minister who co-signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the ...

Record-setting torrential rain has hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture and western Toyama Prefecture on Aug. 27, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue its highest emergency warning ...

Sanae Takaichi, the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, plans to appoint party election rival Toshimitsu Motegi as foreign minister after she becomes prime minister, a source close ...

The Defense Ministry is gunning for its largest budget ever in its initial budget request of about 8.9 trillion yen ($56.1 billion) for fiscal 2027. This figure is expected to balloon further before ...

Unusually early outbreaks of influenza are forcing some schools around the country to close right after the end of the summer break. “I thought the flu was a winter illness,” said a 43-year-old mother ...

The Trump administration has begun direct talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government, according to US officials and ...

For the first time in shogi history, a woman has earned the right to become a “kishi,” the title held by top players of the ...

Eight people have died and one is missing after record-breaking rainfall triggered the highest-level emergency warnings and caused widespread flooding across 22 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture from ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday vowed to cooperate with Japanese authorities investigating ...

WASHINGTON--President Joe Biden has blocked the nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel — affirming his earlier vow on the presidential ...