International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane on Friday welcomed the selection of former ICC judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a South African jurist, as this year's winner of the Nobel Peace ...

Japan and seven other countries on Friday voiced their strong objections to U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court, which is based in The Hague in the Netherlands. In a statement ...

Kenso Soai, co-winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in an interview with Jiji Press on Friday looked back on his research that led to the discovery of the reaction now known as the "Soai ...

A Japanese public-interest association has established a system to certify "juku" cram schools taking sufficient measures to prevent sexual violence against children, with requirements including the i ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reiterated her intention on Friday to keep embattled agriculture minister Kazuo Yana in his post. "I want him to leverage his abundant knowledge and policymaking ...

The average number of new influenza cases per regularly monitored medical institution in Japan stood at 11.35 in the week through Sunday, exceeding the alert level of 10, the health ministry said ...

The International Criminal Court on Friday denounced the United States' designation of The Hague, the Netherlands-based court as a target of its sanctions the same day. "It is an assault on the rule o ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday expressed her deep concern over the U.S. government's decision to add the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, the Netherlands, to its ...

Tokyo police arrested a 31-year-old Vietnamese woman by Friday on suspicion of facilitating illegal employment of a Vietnamese man who lacked permission to engage in activities outside his visa status ...

To mark the 55th anniversary of the restoration of the People's Republic of China's lawful seat in the United Nations, the five-episode documentary Voices of Hehe, planned and produced by the program ...

The planned consumption tax cut for food is expected to reduce household financial burdens by about 36,000 yen per citizen, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday. "The tax rate cut will ...

Japan's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a damages order against a website operator who made imitation band scores available for free. The top court's Second Petty Bench thus finalized the Tokyo High Co ...