Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya's xenophobic views, antisemitic remarks and emphasis on Japan’s ethnic purity have raised alarms ...

A fringe far-right populist party in Japan was one of the biggest winners in the weekend's upper house election.

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TOKYO — Exit polls show Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ‘s ruling coalition is likely to lose a majority in the smaller of ...

Opinion polls suggest Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party may fall short of a majority in Upper House elections.

Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...

Japan's ruling LDP party received its lowest score in an opinion poll since returning to power in 2012 in a survey by public ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako paid their respects Tuesday to about 1,700 Japanese internees who died in Mongolia shortly after World War II. It was part of the Imperial couple's ...

A magnitude 5.1 quake shook Akusekijima, part of the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, early Monday morning. It registered a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of zero to 7.

The year 2025 marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of Japan's Hanshin Tigers. While the professional baseball team's tiger emblem is we･･･ ...