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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Judo champion Uta Abe has received the grand prize in the 74th Japan Sports Awards, while Deaflympics discus gold medalist Masateru Yugami took the top honor at the 9th Japan Para Sports Awards. The ...

TV personality and former Indonesian first lady Dewi Sukarno was referred to prosecutors on Friday for allegedly assaulting ...