The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF)'s Blue Impulse aerobatics team showcased its aerial performances above areas around ...

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A senior ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker resigned Monday as head of the House of Councillors' powerful Budget ...

Japan's National Police Agency has announced plans to review the system enabling people to switch foreign driver's licenses ...

Over 60 residents from the islands of Akuseki and Kodakara in the Tokara chain have evacuated. They left in early July after ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, arrived in Kyiv on Monday, ...

Ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election, policies toward foreigners in Japan have emerged as a central issue, with ...

The death penalty, Japan's ultimate punishment, has been carried out in the country for the first time in two years and 11 ...

Tokyo stocks ended lower Monday on concern over the adverse impact of higher U.S. levies on the global economy, but losses ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Japan and other major trading partners are changing their approach to tariff ...

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Typhoon Nari is expected to approach areas near Tokyo and northeastern Japan on Monday, with the weather agency warning of ...