As Japan's birth rate falls and society ages rapidly, political parties must face tough choices and thoroughly debate how to ...

YOKOHAMA -- A remark by Sohei Kamiya, leader of the minor opposition party Sanseito, that "older women cannot have children" ...

Whooping cough continued its surge in Japan, reaching a new weekly record of 3,353 cases, the highest since the current ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a welcome reception in the Mongolian capital on Tuesday in the first ...

Local farmers criticized the Japanese government's policy to boost rice production amid high prices for the grain during a ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Tuesday to set up a new command center within the Cabinet Secretariat early next week ...

NARA -- In a rare collaboration, characters from the popular game series "Monster Hunter" are promoting an armor exhibition ...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior ruling coalition partner Komeito are struggling to secure 50 seats in the ...

Iran's government has issued a new death toll for its war with Israel, saying at least 1,060 people were killed an ...

Egyptian officials said Tuesday a fire that engulfed a main telecom company building in downtown Cairo the day before left ...

Japan's top negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said Tuesday he will step up negotiations with the United States toward reaching a ...

Tuesday marks three years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot while delivering an election speech in ...