Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolves lower house of Parliament, paving the way for Feb. 8 snap election ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of Parliament, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election.

Preparations are underway for the Emperor and Empress to officially visit the Netherlands and Belgium in June, according to ...

Prince Hisahito, Japan's 19-year-old royal, is the sole male heir and may be the last emperor under male-only succession ...

It's a beautifully modernized version of a traditional Japanese tale that doesn't entirely do justice to its character's ...

Shingo Yamashita's Cosmic Princess Kaguya! presents a virtual world so dazzling and well-run you'll wish it actually existed.

The Japan Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2026 Japan Prize on January 21, 2026. Prof. Cynthia Dwork (USA) has received the Japan Prize in the field of Electronics, Information, and ...

Pune: The Agri Horticultural Society of Western India is set to host the annual Empress Garden flower show starting Jan 23 in ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister; but his case divided Japan.

A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment, ...

The company involved in the 2011 disaster restarted one of seven reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, the world’s biggest nuclear ...

Sanae Takaichi’s snap election seeks a mandate for debt-fuelled growth and tax cuts, sending 40-year bond yields to a record ...