The government of the southwestern Japan city of Beppu, Oita Prefecture, announced on Feb. 9 the loss of 10,292 surplus ...

A municipal councilor from the Aichi Prefecture city of Inazawa was arrested on suspicion of extortion and other crimes for ...

In 2025, 337 police officers and staff across Japan faced disciplinary action, the most in the past decade, according to a National Police Agency (NPA ...

This is a historic victory. For the first time since the end of World War II, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has secured ...

She was one of Japan's biggest movie stars, worked with its most revered directors and quietly became one of its first female filmmak ...

Kiyotaka Mizuno, a 111-year-old in central Japan recognized as the country's oldest man, has died, the prefecture where he ...

Japan's defense and foreign ministers said Tuesday they will travel to Germany later in the week to attend the Munich ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower ...

The leader of the Democratic Party for the People on Tuesday poured cold water on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's call to ...

Japan's total debt rose to a record 1,342.17 trillion yen ($8.6 trillion) at the end of 2025, Finance Ministry data showed ...

The Nikkei stock index ended at a record high Tuesday for the second straight day, surging over 2 percent on hopes for ...

Which political bloc suffered the biggest loss of seats in Japan's Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, dropping from ...