TOKYO — Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Democratic Party elected him as its new leader on Friday, as the U.S. ally takes on a growing ...

Shohei Ohtani continues to break records. The Los Angeles Dodgers star recorded his 57th stolen base of the year in the second inning of the team's matchup with the Colorado Rockies on Friday ...

Former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan's prime minister next week after winning the conservative ruling party's leadership vote on Friday. The 67-year-old train lover beat arch ...

Sony and Honda mobility joint venture AFEELA announced a deal with Tesla to adopt NACS on its upcoming electric vehicles in North America and Japan. Japanese electronics and automotive giants Sony ...

The Japanese singer and songwriter Sayuri has passed away at the age of 28. The official X/Twitter account of the singer announced that she died on September 20. Her husband, who is also a ...

Japan is urging its citizens to leave Lebanon and has decided to prepare military flights for their possible evacuation, the government said Friday. Israeli bombing has killed hundreds of people ...

Former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister after winning his party’s leadership contest on Friday, following a crowded race that ended in a runoff vote.

The yen traded wildly Friday as the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election came down to the wire with two candidates with differing views on the Bank of Japan and interest rates.

A Japanese destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in decades, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reported, citing Japanese government officials. The JS Sazanami, a destroyer operated ...

TOKYO — A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after he was stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said as they demanded that Beijing do more ...

Cats have been an ever-present part of Japanese culture for hundreds of years: sometimes cherished as devoted protectors of Buddhist scriptures, other times feared as devious yokai (supernatural ...

Kyoto, Japan in the spring. Experts say the best time to visit Japan is during the cherry blossom season from late March to mid-May. In Japan, fall foliage stretches late into the year ...