Conservative lawmakers decry a change of the surname rule in the Civil Code as an attack on traditional values and tie it to ...

CDP chief Yoshihiko Noda told a press conference that although refundable tax credits, which the CDP advocated in the ...

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Previously an inter-party group of 72 members of the Japanese parliament visited the Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism for Asian countries ...

Citizens' Climate Assemblies in Japan can help improve social decision-making and promote an inclusive net-zero transition.

The temperature outside was below freezing in this city northwest of Tokyo as local residents stirred early on a February ...

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US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said earlier this month the countries currently negotiating trade deals with the ...

Among the world’s largest democracies, Japan has some of the highest minimum age requirements for politicians.

TOKYO: Japan won't just keep conceding to US demands to reach a deal over tariffs, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said, in ...