Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of Parliament, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election.

Japan has reported it posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025 as exports were hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and a diplomatic rift with neighboring China.

Sanae Takaichi’s snap election seeks a mandate for debt-fuelled growth and tax cuts, sending 40-year bond yields to a record ...

Japan fighter aircraft were scrambled 448 times in the last nine months – a 14 percent decrease from the same timeframe last ...

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be Japan’s prime minister, is hoping to seize on her popularity by calling a parliamentary ...

Objectives To identify behavioural and household factors associated with poor oral hygiene among Japanese kindergarten children in a population with high health awareness, using the Debris ...

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has identified 77 ingredients in so-called "OTC-like drugs" -- prescription ...

Taking his talent abroad, Sumino has played at many acclaimed venues. Amongst this list is Carnegie Hall. It was here that ...

BEIJING (AP) — China escalated its trade tensions with Japan on Wednesday by launching an investigation into imported dichlorosilane, a chemical gas used in making semiconductors, a day after it ...

Tokyo is concerned at signs that Beijing may be laying the groundwork to restrict access to the metals vital to manufacturing. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo Coded threats from China that ...

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake shook western Japan on Tuesday, but no major damage or life-threatening injuries were reported. The magnitude 6.4 quake struck in Shimane prefecture in northwestern ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Japan’s Cabinet approved a record $58-billion defense budget, a dramatic shift from its postwar pacifist ...