The Democratic Party for the People demanded a review of the so-called ¥1.03 million threshold, among other measures to ...

The 18th annual Japan Writers Conference was held in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 2-3. More than 25 published ...

Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto has reached an agreement with Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine to withdraw his lawsuit in ...

A strange structure is likely to emerge in the Diet in which some opposition parties will support Prime Minister Shigeru ...

An expert panel of the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has begun full-fledged discussions on measures to prevent ...

A fishing boat capsized and sank off the coast of South Korea’s Jeju island Friday, leaving at least two people dead and 12 ...

A series of articles by a Yomiuri Shimbun team on the problems faced by hospitals that led to organ transplant operations ...

Preparations for a special Diet session to be convened Monday are underway in the House of Representatives’ chamber, with ...

Yokohama DeNA BayStars manager Daisuke Miura was named winner of this year’s Matsutaro Shoriki Award on Thursday after ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing on Thursday in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal involving him ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to visit the United States and meet U.S. President-elect Donald Trump after visiting ...

Japanese business groups called for stronger Japan-U.S. ties following the victory of former President Donald Trump in ...