In a historic political moment, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is on the verge of securing a sweeping majority in the lower house el...

Japan’s cherry blossom season has become one of the world’s most photographed travel moments—and that popularity is now forcing hard decisio...

The visits, which allowed former residents to visit the graves of their ancestors on the Russian-held island, were halted for reasons includ...

Polls have opened in parliamentary elections that Japan’s popular prime minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big e...

Struggling with loneliness, people in Japan use an online chat service for mental health support and social connection.

Total household spending averaged ¥314,001 per month, up 4.6% in nominal terms.

A coalition led by Takaichi is expected to clinch a decisive win, according to polls.

The diver was sent to the hospital but was confirmed dead, according to prefectural police.

Heavy snowfall hit a wide swath of Japan along the Sea of Japan coast on Sunday, while the Kanto area was also lightly blanketed by snow.Ja...

Japan has a history of candidates who are less interested in being elected, but instead hope to get their own messages out to the public thr...

Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, could capture around 300 seats in...

The election pits the PM Takaichi-led Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition against the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, with inflati...

Opinion polls suggest Takaichi's conservative coalition could win as many as 300 of the 465 seats in the lower house.

MILAN — The Milano Ice Skating Arena has less ambiance than a truck stop on the way from Tucson to Tucumcari.The Olympic figure skating ven...

U.S. figure skating star Ilia Malinin was upstaged on his Olympic debut on Saturday as Japan's Yuma Kagiyama led the men's short program in...