Some significant changes are coming for tourists to Japan this year, which could make vacations to the country a lot pricier.

Japan's cherry blossom season has become a victim of its own popularity. Fujiyoshida canceled its popular Cherry Blossom ...

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As the scale of her government's historic victory became clear on Sunday — capturing 352 of the 465 seats in the lower house ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower house of parliament. It also gives her the political power to make a ...

Overwhelming victory allows Japan's first female leader to push through tax cuts and boost military budget to counter China; ...

Party of Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female prime minister, headed for a majority in snap election Sunday ...

Koichi Nakano, associate professor of political science at Sophia University, says that despite initial grumbling when the ...

Di Punto, an Italian restaurant near Yokosuka Naval Base, works well on date night, after work with friends and everything ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back, agreed to conduct mutual visits every year, at a meeting on Friday at the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back met Jan. 30, 2026, for a defense ministers’ meeting in Yokosuka, Japan. Japan Ministry of Defense photo Japan ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. Japan, South Korea agree to boost exchanges between defense personnel YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister ...