The original bag custom-made for late actress Jane Birkin which became a design icon was revealed to media in Tokyo by the ...

Beijing sees a frank comment on Taiwan as a chance to weaken the prime minister.

A court has found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage constitutional in the last of six cases likely to be brought ...

TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - As Japanese authorities once again battle a slide in the yen, their efforts this time are struggling for traction, undermined by new prime minister Sanae Takaichi's promotion ...

Japan and Communist China are up in arms – rhetorically – over a blunt suggestion from Japan’s fledgling prime minister, Sanai Takaichi, that Japan could go to war to defend the independent island ...

As China reportedly mulls a ban on Japanese seafood amid a standoff between the Asian neighbors, Taiwan's leader shows ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide ...

PM Sanae Takaichi's stance on Taiwan could cause tensions with China to spiral out of hand, writes Kerry Brown.

A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest by Japanese authorities for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue fighting for marine protection — taking aim in particular at ...

Hideko Hakamada campaigned for almost six decades to get her little brother, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, cleared. But at 92 she refuses to relax, campaigning against capital ...

Hideko Hakamada spent nearly 60 years campaigning to get her brother, former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada, cleared and now campaigns against capital punishment ...