TOKYO, Jan. 11 (Bernama-Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on a television programme aired on Sunday that she aims to expand the coalition framework led by her ruling Liberal ...

Shinzo Abe was giving a speech outside a train station in Nara when he was shot on July 8, 2022.

Story by Koji Uchida Following the January 16 debut of "Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End" Season 2, the series has released the ...

A massive 243-kilogram bluefin tuna has sold for a record-breaking 510 million yen, roughly $3.2 million, during Tokyo’s first fish auction of 2026.

Needless to say, he’s not only a dizzyingly agile fingerpicker, but a soulful and transcendent performer, with compositions ...

Every January, a new taiga series debuts on public broadcaster NHK, unfolding over the year. It’s a Sunday night ritual for many that has been going on for more than six decades. The taiga — literally ...

Beijing has criticized a decision by Panamanian local authorities to remove a monument to Chinese contributions to the Panama Canal. This comes amid rising tensions between the United States and China ...

NHK has learned that the Chinese government instructed travel agencies to hold down Japan-bound tourists to less than 60 percent of previous levels. Sources said Chinese authorities sent the directive ...

PM Sanae Takaichi may capitalise on high approval ratings and take the country to the polls in February, per local media. If ...

The setback occurred hours after one of the world’s largest nuclear complexes restarted, ending more than a decade of ...

Meticulously constructed and shot, this four part anthology series gets Murakami’s love of moving from the mundane to the ...

Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima ...