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Fumio Kishida, the prime minister of Japan, suffered a new blow on Monday when the scandal-plagued ruling party lost three parliamentary seats in the weekend’s by-elections. The country’s main opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of...

The conservatives’ vehement resistance to a woman becoming Japan’s empress has largely subsided. However, detractors claim that their plans might still prevent a woman from leading the oldest hereditary monarchy in history. In an attempt to...

Japan’s defense ministry said on Monday that North Korea had launched a “suspected ballistic missile” in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “A suspected ballistic missile was launched from North Korea,” the tweet stated. “North Korea...

With one crew member declared deceased and two navy helicopters appearing to have collided over the weekend, a significant search and rescue effort for seven missing persons was underway off the coast of Japan on Monday....

Japanese inflation slowed to 2.6 percent in March, largely in line with market expectations, data showed Friday. The year-on-year rise in prices excluding volatile fresh food — against a market consensus of 2.7 percent — followed...

Snakes on board the swift “shinkansen” services are even more unusual than even minor delays in Japan’s much-heralded bullet trains. A passenger on a train between Nagoya and Tokyo on Tuesday night reported to security about...

As per US President Joe Biden’s announcement on Wednesday, a fortunate Japanese astronaut would be the first person who is not American to set foot on the Moon as part of NASA’s planned Artemis missions. As...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was received by US President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday, marking the beginning of a state visit that included a significant strengthening of defense relations against a resurgent...

Coming off of four-way military drills in the South China Sea with Australia, leaders of the Philippines, Australia, and China will meet in Washington this week for a trilateral summit aimed at strengthening defense exchanges. There...

In an effort to strengthen their relations and counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the area, the United States, Australia, Japan, and the Philippines will conduct combined naval and air drills in the disputed South China Sea...