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NHK's Board of Governors has decided to appoint its executive vice president, Inoue Tatsuhiko, as the new president of the ...

A Japanese government official's remark to reporters that Japan should possess nuclear weapons has caused a major backlash.

The Bank of Japan kicks off its two-day policy meeting on Thursday. Policymakers are considering raising interest rates to a ...

Japan is on alert for a possible mega quake after a magnitude 7.5 tremor hit northern regions late on Monday, prompting ...

Two Japanese scientists who won this year's Nobel Prize in their respective fields showed off their medals and said more ...