Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is shedding momentum going into the Oct. 27 general election and may lose its ...

By Gary Perlman The administration of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's ties with real estate giant Mitsui Fudosan -- bending of ...

The pig learns from the tanuki how to transform itself and tries to turn into a tanuki, but his face remains that of a pig.

Supporters of allowing married couples to choose separate surnames will be closely watching Sunday's general election, with ...

The Asian Development Bank has closed the nomination period for its next president, with Japan's former top currency diplomat ...

The Japanese government said Thursday it will transfer 16 crested ibises born northwest of Tokyo to China, the birthplace of ...

Pope Francis gave an audience Wednesday to a delegation of four Japanese junior high school students from Nagasaki Prefecture ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Construction of a life-sized Gundam robot statue from the popular Japanese sci-fi anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" ...

Some 468.5 billion yen (about $3.1 billion) of the 1.44 trillion yen (approx. $9.45 billion) in interest-free loans extended ...

As many as 76% of all candidates running in the Oct. 27 House of Representatives election are calling for the truth to be ...

The platforms of most Japanese political parties for the House of Representatives election on Sunday have underscored the ...

The Nagoya High Court's Kanazawa branch has ordered a retrial for Shoshi Maekawa, 59, in the case of the murder of a junior ...