He was quick to help his family and friends and loved a good laugh. His work was marked by a focus on fairness and exacting ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan's economy grows 0.2% in ...

Conservative leader took advantage of strong approval ratings to strengthen her hold over the ruling LDP and reinforce her coalition’s narrow majority ...

A top Iranian security official traveled on Tuesday to Oman, the Mideast sultanate now mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program aimed at halting a ...

Shinzo Abe was no longer prime minister of Japan when the country first authorised COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to misleading ...

A rare supermajority grants the Japanese prime minister a sweeping mandate to enact economic and defense reforms.

Millions in Japan are voting in a snap election called by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, whose coalition is predicted to clinch a decisive win.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling a snap election Sunday, counting on her unusual popularity among fans who see the hardline conservative as someone who speaks her mind and can ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to leverage her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as ...

Buoyed by the Liberal Democratic Party’s triumph in the Lower House election, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to proceed ...