Facing the threat of losing its official party status in the July 20 House of Councillors election, the Social Democratic ...

Japan on Tuesday hailed a ceasefire agreement reached by Cambodia and Thailand after days of clashes in a disputed border ...

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On July 23, women in red "happi" coats took part in the "Gal Mikoshi" event before Osaka's Tenjin Festival. This is a special ...

Tokyo stocks opened lower Tuesday, weighed down by an overnight decline of the U.S. Dow Jones index on caution amid ...

France on Monday called on the European Union to pressure Israel to agree to a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the ...

Top trade officials from China and the United States launched a new round of talks on Monday in a bid to ease tensions over ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he is giving Russian President Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to stop the killing in ...

Thailand and Cambodia agreed Monday to an unconditional ceasefire during a meeting in Malaysia, in a significant breakthro ...

The approval ratings of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet rose 5 percentage points from last month to 29% in a weekend ...

A 48-year-old man was arrested following an attack in eastern Japan on Monday in which several people were slashed with a ...

There were 213 cases of deaths in the Japanese capital's 23 wards that were believed to have been caused by the improper use ...