Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump commenced their first meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday, ...

TOKYO -- At last, the "glass ceiling" has been broken and Japan has its first female prime minister. The Liberal Democratic ...

U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Tokyo on Monday evening, beginning the second leg of a three-nation Asia trip to ...

President Donald Trump began one of his busiest days of his Asia trip on Tuesday by warmly greeting the new Japanese prime ...

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The Tokyo District Court decided on Oct. 23 that a man working at Sagawa Express Co. must pay 220,000 yen (about $1,440) to a ...

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Monday she had told U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that Japan will ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Monday that he will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in ...

North Korea's top diplomat visited the Kremlin on Monday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which followed last ...

There were 3,125 cases of suicide in Japan among people aged 15 to 29 in 2024, marking the fifth year for the figure for this ...

The way Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, engaged with ASEAN leaders during her busy weekend trip to Malaysia may ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has delivered her first policy speech in the Diet. She is aiming for a robust nation, ...