Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decision to consider dissolving the House of Representatives is based on her judgment that it is necessary to take a chance on a snap election to secure public trust at ...

KYOTO — Work is underway to replace the roof of Seikatei, a tea house located in the Kyoto Sento Imperial Palace. The current building was reconstructed in 1808, but Seikatei is believed to date back ...

Makoto Suwa will become the 8th Japanese astronaut to complete a long-term stay aboard the International Space Station starting around 2027, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced.

Snow-covered cherry trees are illuminated above the frozen outer moat of Hirosaki Park in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. LED floodlights along a 500-meter stretch of the moat make the cherry blossoms ...

Several lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties responded Saturday to the report that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has begun considering dissolving the lower house at the start of the ...

For successive prime ministers, dissolution of the House of Representatives — a move often called their “treasured family sword,” an idiom for a weapon of last resort — has been one of the most ...

North Korea said on Saturday that South Korea flew another drone into its airspace on January 4, infringing on its sovereignty, according to state media KCNA.

A South Korean court trying former President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges put off a sentencing request till next week after a marathon session on Friday, in a case that could give him the ...

Close to the site where 16th-century warlord Oda Nobunaga met his end, famous spring water still gushes steadily from the eaves of a dyeing workshop in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto.

Chinese customs authorities have stepped up inspections of imported Japanese sake and food products, causing delays in customs clearance, trade sources said.

The Syrian army said it would push into the last Kurdish-held district of Aleppo city on Friday after Kurdish groups there rejected a government demand for their fighters to withdraw under a ceasefire ...

President Donald Trump on Friday called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House tries to quickly secure $100 billion in investments to fix the country’s neglected ...