Japan has decided to freeze voluntary funding to a United Nations women's rights panel following a call to end the country's male-only imperial succession rule. The government informed CEDAW of its decision to exclude it from funding and plans to suspend committee member visits to Japan.

A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and killed a bus attendant trying to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to a Japanese official.

The Japanese government on Friday called on Fuji Television Network Inc. to regain trust from viewers and sponsors following a sexual

The Indian Ambassador to Japan, Sibi George hosted a reception to commemorate the 76th Republic Day of India.On Monday, the Indian Embassy in Tokyo shared glimpses of the reception on X and said that Yoshihide Suga,

Japan has lodged a protest with Russia over its decision to terminate agreements on the operation of Tokyo-funded education centers o

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime ... on whether to release a new statement," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference on Friday. "We plan to consider what ...

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality perspecti

A Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan announced plans to work toward a merger that would form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales, as the industry transitions away from fossil fuels.

A court in the city of Suzhou said Zhou Jiasheng, 52, stabbed the three because he was indebted and did not want to live any longer, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters in Tokyo on Thursday. The case was one of two stabbing attacks ...

The Japanese government is closely watching the situation in South Korea with serious concern following Sunday's indictment against President Yoon Suk-yeol, Chief

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan cannot accept Russia's "unilateral" move to terminate agreements on Tokyo-funded education centers that offer Japanese language classes, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Monday, pledging to take appropriate action.