Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to get a clear path to constitutional revision after the upcoming Upper House election on Sunday (July 10), according to three separate polls over the weekend. Despite voter unhappiness with…

Japan's ruling coalition parties are set to win a majority in a July 10 election for the Upper House of Parliament, with the main opposition party failing to pick up support from voters worried about rising prices, a major poll showed.…

The leaders of South Korea and Japan had a brief chat on the sidelines of a meeting in Madrid, a rare conversation between neighbors often at loggerheads over their shared history who have not had a formal summit since 2019. Japanese…

Businesses and homes in Tokyo were asked to curb electricity use for a third day as a heatwave is set to reach its zenith for now, driving power margins to razor-thin levels. The capital's power-reserve ratios, which measure the spare…

Japan is asking some 37 million people living in and around Tokyo to use less electricity and ration air conditioning even amid a record heat wave that has seen temperatures in some parts of the country pass 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees…

Japan is rewarding people who reduce their climate impact through everyday decisions like participating in ride shares, buying energy-saving home appliances or declining single-use plastics. The initiative is part of a wide-ranging…

Campaigning for Japan's upper house election kicked off with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fighting off criticism of the ultra-loose monetary policy he continues to support despite worries that it's accelerating price increases. Kishida…

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet slid in a series of media surveys carried out over the weekend, as respondents indicated dissatisfaction with his handling of rising prices weeks ahead of an election. The…

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck Japan's western coastal prefecture of Ishikawa on Sunday (June 19), the Meteorological Agency said, adding that there were no indications that it would trigger a tsunami. The quake…

Japan’s parliament passed a law on Monday making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid growing public concern over cyberbullying following the suicide of a reality star who had faced abuse on social media. Under the amendment…