The House of Representatives was dissolved on Friday, setting the stage for a Feb. 8 lower house election to seek a public mandate for the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Japanese film “Kokuho” has been nominated for the makeup and hairstyling category in the 98th Academy Awards, it was ...

Emmanuel Macron’s aviator sunglasses drove the shares of their maker, iVision Tech IVN.MI, almost 28% higher on Thursday ...

Powered by strong consumer spending, the U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in two years from July through September, the ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is struggling to gauge the distance it should take with Komeito, its former ruling coalition partner in the upcoming House of Representatives election. Komeito has ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance was officially launched Thursday, but questions remain over whether what is now the largest ...

The central government and the Tokyo metropolitan government have agreed to launch a council aimed at strengthening ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen is operating at reduced speeds on Thursday due to heavy snowfall between Gifu-Hashima and Kyoto stations.

Professional players taught Go to about 25 students at the Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort hotel in Honolulu on Thursday, when the 50th Kisei title series — the most prestigious title in the world of Go ...

Japan’s opposition political forces have repeatedly formed new parties or merged with each other over the past 30 years in their efforts to counter the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party. The ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. shut down reactor No. 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, shortly after midnight on Friday morning.

Japanese stocks edged higher on Friday as investors took early cues from Wall Street ahead of a Bank of Japan policy decision due later in the day.