Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday denied the possibility of newly issuing deficit-covering government bonds to realize a zero consumption tax rate on food items. "If it (the tax cut) ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance was officially launched Thursday, but questions remain over whether what is now the largest ...

Tokyo, Jan. 16 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii said Friday that he will not run in the next election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, ...

By Tom Bateman TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Japanese panda lovers bid an emotional farewell to the country's last ...

O n January 25th tearful crowds bade farewell to Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, twin pandas at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo. Some 110,000 people ...

TOKYO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Chubu Electric Power (9502.T), opens new tab said on Monday it might have used a different method than explained to regulators to select representative seismic waves ...

China has banned exports of dual-use items to Japan that can be used for military purposes, according to a commerce ministry statement on Tuesday, Beijing's latest move in reaction to an early ...

The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) had, by January 19, received a total of 559 letters and messages of congratulations from 109 political parties, six international and ...

The Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), currently the largest opposition party in both chambers of the Diet, is undertaking a drastic moderation of its policy platform. Take the security ...

Japan Condemns China's Dual-Use Export Ban as Rare Earth Curbs Loom By Satoshi Sugiyama and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japan called China's ban on dual-use exports for its military ...

TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Japanese public now sees China's growing military power as the country's leading security concern, overtaking the threat posed by North Korean nuclear missiles, a ...

Calling economic security “paramount,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar urged India and Japan to lead efforts to de-risk the global economy at a time of mounting geopolitical and economic ...