Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) and four other parties reached a broad agreement on Oct. 29 to abol ...

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to end the provisional gasoline tax rate at year-end but left unresolved how to make up for the loss in tax income, underscoring the challenges ...

Ending the self-destructive practice of predecessors Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba of building exclusionary Cabinet and ...

Japan's economic data for September 2025 delivered a mixed picture, with a surge in factory output counterbalanced by ...

By Yuichi Hosoya / Special to The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] On Oct. 21, Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi was elected prime minister, becoming the first woman to ...

The two leaders focused on regional security and trade, and did not mention long-standing differences over history and ...

China operates its nuclear submarines in the East and South China Seas, as well as the western Pacific, and with South Korea ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Friday warned against "extremely one-sided, rapid moves" in ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made addressing issues related to foreign nationals one of her key policy agendas.

M ore than three years ago Yamagami Tetsuya (pictured) shocked Japan by killing Abe Shinzo, a former prime minister. As his ...

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to scrap the provisional gasoline tax surcharge at the end of December. The agreement was reached by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalit ...

The Japanese government is considering holding a ministerial meeting to discuss policy on foreigners as soon as early next week, government officials said Friday. Ministers are expected to discuss tig ...