TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba insisted on Monday (Oct 28) that he would stay in office even after his ruling coalition fell short of a majority in parliamentary elections.

By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan’s governing party lost its majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday, as voters delivered an emphatic rejection of the ...

TOKYO: Japan's ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls for Sunday's (Oct 27) general election showed, raising uncertainty over the make-up of the government of the ...

This initiative by West Japan Railway Co (JR West) comes in response to several violent incidents on trains, including a knife attack in July 2023 that left three passengers injured. In a separate ...

It's usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan's famously efficient bullet train. But the journey quickly descended into a zombie apocalypse, with passengers ...

No injuries were reported, and Mr. Ishiba was away from Tokyo in southern Japan on Saturday. The episode is the latest in a series of violent acts targeting officials in Japan, a country known as ...

France and Japan are both world leaders in design — but if you’re wanting to keep up with fashion, Paris is the unmissable trendsetter, while Tokyo is a backwater. It’s looking similar in ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s top currency official helped lift the yen a touch on Friday after he warned he was keeping a close eye on market movements following the yen’s slide into the 150 range ...

A man in Japan who has four wives and two girlfriends – and aims to father 54 children – wants to become the “God of Marriage”. Ryuta Watanabe, 36, who lives in the northern prefecture of ...

The tourism sun is shining bright over Japan as visitor numbers and revenues reach an all-time high in 2024. The challenge: sustaining the growth through 2025. Japan's foreign visitor spending ...

Japan's new defense minister and the United States Forces Japan's new commander have agreed that the two countries will continue to coordinate closely. Nakatani Gen and Lieutenant General Stephen ...

Japan went into the game with a perfect record of three wins Japan's Ayase Ueda (left) and Australia's Patrick Yazbek compete for the ball during the Fifa World Cup 2026 Asian zone qualifiers ...