TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the ...

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On Friday, Japan marked 20 years since members of a shadowy cult let off deadly sarin nerve gas in Tokyo's subway system. The attack was the worst in modern Japanese history, and prompted global ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering visiting Washington to meet President Donald Trump before a mid-month summit of the Group of Seven nations as he seeks a trade ...

About 110 Yakushima monkeys live at the Japan Monkey Centre in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. In winter, the monkeys ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - It was a rare role reversal for Japan's influential Asahi newspaper, which is known for exposing wrongdoing in high places, when its president stood before cameras to bow, apologise ...

Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, one of the world's biggest by circulation, is suing US-based AI firm Perplexity for allegedly "free-riding" on its content on its search engine. The lawsuit filed ...

The leaves of a heart-shaped ginkgo tree at the Iimori Fureai Hiroba community plaza's parking lot in the city of Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, have turned yellow. Many people are visiting to take ...

The Catholic Church’s weekly newspaper in Japan ended its 102-year history with the March 30 edition, unable to bear the increasing costs and falling subscriptions, sources say. The first issue of ...