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A sharp warning from voters for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's party in Sunday's Tokyo assembly election has signaled that ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party suffered a record-low result in Sunday's Tokyo assembly election, ...

Two people who survived the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing talked about their experiences to university students here on June ...

The price of oil rose and U.S. stock futures fell as global markets react to the U.S. strike against nuclear targets in Iran.

Mt. Shinmoe on the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu erupted Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

WAKAYAMA -- "Please enjoy the Expo!" says a volunteer at the ongoing Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai to a foreign visitor. Kenshi ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday called into question the future of Iran's ruling theocracy after a surprise attack on three ...

The State Department has doubled the number of emergency evacuation flights it is providing for American citizens wishing to ...

Shohei Ohtani pitched one hitless inning in his second mound start of the season before hitting a three-run triple and a ...