By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Fred Mery NARA, Japan, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced the man accused of assassinating former prime minister Shinzo Abe to life in prison.

(Corrects name of party mentioned in the third sub-headline from the top to Centrist Reform Alliance, not Central Reform ...

Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party could still face some challenges as it reels from a series of scandals about corruption ...

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

The move by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help her governing party regain ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi formally dissolved the House of Representatives on Friday, triggering a snap general ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early election on Feb. 8. The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity ...

More than 160 lawmakers are expected to join Japan's new "centrist" opposition party, as it held a convention on Thursday to mark its official launch ahead of a snap House of Representatives election ...

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