Yoshihiko Noda, co-leader of the main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance (Chudo), attended a gathering in 2001 with ...

Seven political party leaders spoke about “the one thing they want to appeal for the most” at a Jan. 26 debate ahead of ...

Human rights groups and religious organizations issued an emergency joint statement opposing xenophobia on Jan. 26 to deter ...

With campaigning for the Feb. 8 Lower House election officially kicking off on Jan. 27, an intelligence analyst is warning of ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan’s strategic alliance with the U.S. would collapse if Tokyo were to turn away from a ...

Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday after U.S. stock indexes ticked upward, buoyed by strong profit reports for some ...

Four defectors who were lured to North Korea decades ago by propaganda that promised a "paradise on Earth" but turned out to ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s support rate reached 29.4 percent ahead of the Feb. 8 Lower House election, up from ...

BEIJING--China made a major announcement over the weekend, saying it was investigating the army’s top general for suspected ...

Official campaigning kicked off for a Lower House election that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called over “policies that ...

BANGKOK--Military-ruled Myanmar appears to have adopted the tactics of sanction-busting nations such ...

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