In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal ...

Without abandoning a narrow-minded attitude and listening to a wide range of voices, it will not be possible to dispel ...

Japanese scientist Shimon Sakaguchi and two Americans were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for ...

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Tetsuo Saito, the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s junior coalition partner Komeito, has hinted at a ...

Two students at a municipal elementary school here put a sleeping drug into the water bottle of a classmate in the same class ...

A local train bound for Tokyo's Shibuya collided with an out-of-service train on Sunday night, causing the latter to ...

A former MUFG Bank employee was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Tokyo court on Monday for stealing gold bars and money ...

A nationwide telephone survey conducted following the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election showed Monday ...

The Bank of Japan on Monday maintained its economic assessments of eight of the country's nine regions despite higher U.S.

The surprising selection of Sanae Takaichi as president of Japan's ruling party may further push up the Nikkei stock index to ...

Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday, as hopes for a possible ceasefire in Gaza grew after ...