The fishing boat tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection inside Japan's territorial waters, authorities say.

Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap ...

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Japan has agreed with the United States to accelerate talks on the first batch of deals under Japan's $550 ...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami decimated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant along the coast. The massive ecological ...

Japan is mounting its strongest presence at the Berlin Film Festival in years, with seven films across sections.

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Japan is "very close" to durably achieving the central bank's 2% inflation target, ...

NATO launches the mission in response to Russian and Chinese ambitions in the high North, and to President Trump’s threat of ...

The seizure marks Japan's first arrest of a Chinese fishing boat since 2022 amid already strained ties over Taiwan and regional security tensions.

North Korea on Wednesday denounced Japan's new defense equipment agreement with Canada, accusing Prime Minister Sanae ...

By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Japan's government does not necessarily need to pick reflationists to fill ...

From medieval beginnings, the samurai have inspired art, fiction and films, from Shōgun to Star Wars. But their true story is ...