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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied talk on Wednesday that he would quit after a source and media reports said he plans to step down following a bruising upper house ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday he was determined to protect his country’s national interests as trade negotiations with the U.S. struggled and President Donald Trump ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday he was disappointed that his country did not win an exemption from President Donald Trump’s new tariffs and promised measures to ...

Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday as Daichi Kamada and Takefusa Kubo struck in the second half to earn Hajime Moriyasu’s side ...

Today Sofia begins her pilgrimage. Over the next several weeks, she’ll cover 1,200 kilometres: tracing an ancient Japanese path through misty mountains, past weathered shrines, along the edge of the ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year. ...

Taisei Hikage is fighting a losing battle at his Tokyo ramen shop – not to attract customers, but to keep a lid on the price he charges for Japan’s national ...

Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in a warning to countries who have nuclear ...

A Japanese man said to have spent the world’s longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, broadcaster NHK said, ending his family’s search for ...

Millions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were no immediate signs of major damage. There ...

France and Japan agreed on Thursday to start formal talks on a reciprocal troop access deal, strengthening military cooperation in amid rising maritime tensions in the Indo-Pacific region and the ...

Energy, Commerce and Industry Minister George Papanastasiou and Japan’s Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy Taku Ishii on Saturday expressed the joint wish to renew discussions on strengthening economic and business ...

By Kantaro Komiya Japan successfully launched its new H3 flagship rocket on Saturday, putting its space programme back on track after multiple setbacks including the failure of the rocket’s ...

An explosion was heard and black smoke was reported rising from the Taketoyo thermal power station in Aichi prefecture in central Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday. Black smoke ...

Four-times champions Japan have yet to convince they are Asian Cup favourites after finishing second in their group but coach Hajime Moriyasu said on Tuesday that he considers the criticism ...

Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to ...

Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou discussed “opportunities for cultural cooperation” with Japanese Ambassador to Nicosia Yoshio Yamawaki on Tuesday. Writing after the meeting on X, the social media platform formerly ...

Deputy Minister of shipping Marina Hadjimanoli is on Monday travelling to Japan to hold a series of meetings with ship owners, executives of shipping companies, financial institutions and shipyards. The ...

Rescuers raced against the clock on Wednesday searching for survivors of an earthquake in western Japan that killed at least 65, while evacuees continued to wait for further aid amid freezing ...

The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Japan on New Years Day rose to 62 on Wednesday as authorities rushed to bring aid to survivors facing freezing temperatures and ...

Police are investigating whether a crash between an airliner and a smaller plane at a Tokyo airport may involve professional negligence, media reported on Wednesday, as transport authorities began inspecting ...

LATEST: EARTHQUAKE WITH INTENSITY OF UPPER 5 ON JAPAN’S EARTHQUAKE SCALE HITS ISHIKAWA At least 48 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year’s Day, with ...

A man crashed a car into a barricade near the entrance of the Israeli embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, injuring a police officer. Police arrested the 53-year-old at the scene, ...