Another dog statue in addition to the famous one of Hachiko can currently be found at JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo.

Japan’s Nikkei share average declined on Tuesday as the market weighed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, along with additional tariffs ...

Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Tuesday that would end nearly 14 ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito on Monday denied paying a company to run his social media campaign in the ...

Several of Japan’s ruling and opposition parties were shocked by former Deputy Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa’s defeat of former House ...

The Japan Fair Trade Commission conducted an on-the-spot inspection of Amazon Japan, a Japanese unit of the major online ...

A fire broke out in a building in the Susukino entertainment district, Sapporo, after an explosion was heard at around 3:20 p ...

The funeral of Princess Yuriko of Mikasa, who died on Nov. 15 at the age of 101, was held at a cemetery in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo ...

Crown Prince Akishino said Monday that he hopes his son, Prince Hisahito, will have the opportunity to study abroad in the future.

The government is considering setting a target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2035 by 60% from the 2013 ...

Kyodo News mistakenly reported that Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Akiko Ikuina visited Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, 2022, ...

It is important to increase the transparency of the handling of political funds, but time should not be devoted solely to this matter.