A senior ruling party lawmaker plans to step down from a key post in the upper house after coming under fire for describing ...

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Nagasaki officials personally invited the ambassadors of Group of Seven nations and Israel to attend this year's annual peace ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's recent remark that Japan should not be "underestimated" by the United States is raising ...

As temperatures stay high at around 35 C in many parts of Japan in July, sumo stables are stepping up anti-heat measures for wrestlers competing at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament beginning Sunday.