The new law is part of a campaign by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, to build a more patriotic and ...

The law punishes publicly damaging or defacing the national flag, known as "hinomaru". Opponents say the ambiguous law only ...

Heads bowed, experts offered their respects on Monday ahead of an excavation aimed at recovering the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II in so ...

Critics claim latest element of PM Takaichi’s conservative drive threatens free speech, invites political abuse.

Japan's enactment of a new law banning desecration of the national flag has reignited debate over the balance between ...

Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage ...

More than 200,000 Brazilians live in Japan, after more than a century of migration between the countries. Many are of Japanese descent, so which team are they cheering on? Carlos Eduardo Santos, 9, ...

A special session of the Diet has come to a close, laying bare a critical situation facing the Japanese legislature. Prime ...

The Japanese Diet on July 17, 2026, adopted a flag desecration law that criminalizes damaging Japan’s national flag, a ...

A long 22-year wait is over and a landmark 125th winner in MotoGP history found – and the records don’t stop there ...