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Japan unveil its 2026 Winter Olympic team uniforms ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump inked a rare-earth minerals deal ahead of Trump’s meeting ...

Japan's office market tightened further in the third quarter of 2025, with vacancies falling in half of the nation's major ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to make history as Japan’s first female prime minister, but her government may be imperilled before it even begins amid a deepening rift within the ruling coalition. The ...

In 1885, Itō Hirobumi took office as the first prime minister of Japan. During the 140 years since then, he is one of a total of 65 men to have held the office, up through Ishiba Shigeru (2024–25). In ...

TOKYO – Could this be the last weekend they suit up to play volleyball this season? Sara Mei Fussinger and Yuri Biggins each say they hope not. But times being what they are, with the government ...

The official welcoming ceremony for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is on an official visit to Japan, at the invitation of the Japanese Government, was held on Monday (29) morning at the ...

The runaway success of Japanese hit Kokuho is “beyond anything I could have imagined,” said director Lee Sang-il at Busan International Film Festival. The film, which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight ...

The Justice Ministry has begun requiring all prison officers in Japan to display newly assigned six-digit identification numbers on their uniforms in order to prevent the mistreatment of inmates.