A teenager jostled for position amid a crowd of well-wishers in front of the Imperial Palace balcony on Jan. 2, 2014, her casual attire and flu mask obscuring her true identity.

TOKYO--A Pokemon card game event planned for Saturday at a controversial shrine to Japan's war dead has been canceled and the ...

KAWASAKI—Wearing a vest of blue and yellow-green, Elle, a beagle, scampers around a turntable, quickly sniffing six identical ...

The Immigration Services Agency from Feb. 1 will end its practice of informing lawyers that their foreign clients will be ...

The ruling coalition aims to restore Japanese military ranks used in World War II for members of the Self-Defense Forces, a plan that has drawn concern and bewilderment in the Defense Ministry.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations does not recognize the recently held elections in Myanmar, the first since the ...

When I was a teenager, I decided one day to find out what I wanted to do, rather than fret about what I could become.

The Osaka gathering was thanks to the “Adult Women’s Dormitory Project,” a group working to build just that for middle-aged ...

TOKYO/BEIJING--China may rethink its escalating pressure campaign on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi if she delivers a ...

Few ripples washed through Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold its main interest rate steady, ...

FUKUI--Takato Ishida became the youngest governor in Japan following an election that was made necessary by the resignation ...

Kurd slogans, misinformation and counter-protests are featuring heavily in the mayoral election campaign in Kawaguchi, ...