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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi moved from the Lower House members’ lodgings to the Prime Minister’s Official Residence in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 29, a relocation intended to improve coordination ...

A 5-year-old boy died after falling on an outdoor escalator at a ski slope here and getting his right arm caught in the ...

For a second day, China's military on Tuesday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around ...

NingNing, a Chinese member of South Korean girl group aespa who has come under fire in Japan over a social media post ...

SEOUL--North ‍Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of long-range strategic cruise missiles on Sunday, which confirmed ...

Nagano Prefecture was the most inquired-about relocation destination in fiscal 2024, reclaiming the top spot for the first time in two years, according to an internal affairs ministry survey.

Tetsuzo Fuwa, a former leader of the Japanese Communist Party who pushed a “complete revision” of the party platform, died on ...

Under the Chinese zodiac, 2026 will be the year of “Hinoe-uma” (Fire Horse), which, according to a scientifically baseless ...

All lanes on the Kan-etsu Expressway linking Tokyo and Niigata Prefecture were open for traffic on Dec. 28, two days after 67 ...

Feeling a stronger commitment to peace, Princess Kako, second daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, ...

Some 750 years after the Kamakura Shogunate fended off foreign invasions of the Kyushu region, the ancient capital of ...