A man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, ...

Japan has restarted a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after a disaster at the Fukushima power ...

Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) on Wednesday restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant after inspections ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, with a homemade gun at a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may struggle to calm a bond market jolted by her vow to cut the consumption tax rate, ...

Prime minister has vowed ‘responsible fiscal expansion’ as she heads for an election but needs to convince debt managers ...

A sightseeing helicopter carrying three people has gone missing near Mount Aso, one of Japan's most active volcanoes. The ...

Just three months into the job, Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi has called a snap election, betting that ...

The 45-year-old is set to be sentenced on Wednesday, but the question of what punishment he deserves has divided public ...

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be Japan’s prime minister, is hoping to seize on her popularity by calling a parliamentary ...

The Bank of Japan has been continuing to normalise monetary policy gradually and it increased short-term rates again in ...

PM Takaichi plans to dissolve the House as a new poll shows nearly half of voters oppose calling an early election despite ...