Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday showed his intention to work with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government has finalized its first major fiscal stimulus package -- worth 22 trillion yen ...

Japan approved a 39 trillion yen ($250 billion) economic stimulus package Friday centered around initiatives it said were ...

TOKYO—Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved an economic stimulus package worth more than $140 billion, in Prime Minister Shigeru ...

The stimulus lays out fiscal spending of 21.9 trillion yen ($140 billion) on measures to support sustained wage gains and ...

New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stunned markets this week when he said the economy was not ready for further rate hikes, an apparent about-face from his previous support for the BOJ unwinding ...

Japanese nationals will be allowed to make short visits to China without visas, China’s foreign ministry announced on Friday.

While it is necessary for the ruling and opposition parties to discuss policies, it is not acceptable for the ruling coalition to simply accept demands from the opposition side. The ruling and ...

A record 73 women won seats in the Lower House election on Oct. 27, resulting in the highest ever female representation in the Diet chamber, at 15.7 percent. The number exceeded the previous high ...

The ninth year of the Taisho Era (1912-1926) was 1920, which was 104 years ago. That year, a magazine called “Nihon oyobi Nihonjin” (Japan and the Japanese people) ran a special feature that ...

Renowned judoka siblings Hifumi Abe and his younger sister, Uta, have towered over their competitors, winning gold medals and world championships. Now, they loom large over their hometown in ...

Ishiba elected prime minister in runoff at special Diet session Japan mulls revising pension payments for foreign workers Shine Muscat threatening Kyoho’s spot as No. 1 table grape ...