The Japanese government has rejected the UN's recommendation to permit women in the imperial line of succession.

Domestic stability enabled Japan to take on an international leadership role. Those days may be over. The post A Weakened ...

The Japanese government is unlikely to submit an envisioned bill to enhance cybersecurity capabilities by year-end, a government source said Sunday, as discussions have stalled following last month's ...

The 27 October general election for Japan’s House of Representatives resulted in a major setback for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP ... Former prime minister Fumio Kishida saw his approval ...

Japan’s NHK public television says Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has lost a majority in the ...

Japan set for rare political shakeup after ruling Liberal Democratic party suffers ‘severe judgment’ in general election.

The Tokyo high court ruled on Wednesday that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is “a groundless legal discrimination based on sexual orientation” that violates the constitutionally guaranteed ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's economic advisory panel on Wednesday called on the government, ...

Voters dealt a heavier-than-expected blow to Japan's government on Sunday, depriving the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-led coalition of its majority in the parliament's lower house for the first time ...

Sunday’s general election in Japan left a mess. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan for much of the past 70 years, lost its majority in the House of Representatives, which ...

The political whiplash dominating Tokyo this week is being felt with particular intensity at Bank of Japan headquarters. There, Governor Kazuo Ueda is preparing for an October 30-31 policy meeting ...