The shooting sent shudders through low-crime, orderly Japan: A high-profile politician gets killed by a man emerging from a crowd, wielding a handmade firearm so roughly made it’s wrapped up in tape.

Japan held a general election for the lower house of parliament on October 27, following Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s decision to call a snap election after his triumph in the Liberal Democratic ...

TOKYO — Frustration is mounting in Japan after it became clear this week that Tokyo and Washington have different interpretations of a key component of their new trade deal, with lawmakers pushing for ...

TOKYO (AP) — A top police official on Saturday acknowledged possible security lapses that allowed an assassin to fire his gun into former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while he was addressing a ...

MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN : The inaugural edition of MAJ hailed as the “Japanese Grammy Awards”—marked a groundbreaking moment in the nation’s music history. (Click here to read Review: Music Awards Japan, ...

New Japan women's national team coach sets out his forward-thinking football philosophy in exclusive FIFA interview. Nils Nielsen, the newly appointed manager of the Japanese women’s national team, ...