The following are key campaign pledges made by major Japanese political parties for the House of Councillors election on July ...

A woman from Myanmar who had worked for a ramen restaurant in Japan has sued its Tokyo-based operating company demanding some ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck a small island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the latest temblor ...

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Official campaigning began Thursday in Japan for the July 20 House of Councillors election, a crucial battle for Prime ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday defended his party's plan to distribute cash handouts as a quick way to help ...

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Rescuers were searching Thursday for 38 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry sank near Indonesia's resort i ...

Tokyo stocks fell slightly Thursday morning, weighed down by a decline of the Dow Jones index as weaker-than-expected U.S.

The following is a chronology of major events leading up to the official start of campaigning for Japan's House of ...

Lawmakers in the upper house of the country's bicameral legislature serve six-year terms. Elections are held every three ...

Correct Answer: B) Two soldiers hiding atop a banyan tree for two years, unaware World War II had ended.