Japanese consumers have expressed worries about rising prices of goods ahead of the Feb. 8 general election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country's ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament on Friday ahead of a snap election on February 8, counting on her ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Yen sharply appreciates vs. dollar amid caution over intervention NEW YORK - The Japanese yen appreciated ...

Residents gathered in Tokyo on Friday to oppose misinformation and discrimination against foreigners as campaigning for the ...

The number of detainee deaths in ICE custody in 2025 tied the record. The body count of 2026 may completely obliterate it.

Japan's Prime Minister dissolves parliament ahead of a snap election; millions brace for severe heat over the long weekend; ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of parliament to pave the way for an early election on Feb. 8 ...

The World Economic Forum meeting at Davos shows that the room for manoeuvre is narrowing for middle powers, says US politics ...

Japan's new conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for a snap election on February 8. Takaichi has been riding high in opinion ...

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 edged 0.2% higher to 53,800.28 after the Bank of Japan kept its key interest rate unchanged, as expected. The central bank just raised the policy rate to 0.75% in December. Wrapping ...