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Among the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's 379 Diet members, 179 had connections with the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, the party has disclosed.

A government panel of experts made headlines in July by calling Japan's declining number of births a "quiet emergency." Last year, births hit another record low at 810,000, marking a 60% drop from approximately 2 million in the early 1970s. The total fertility rate has been below 2.00 -- the…

Japan's 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters said Friday that it collected from Russia the bodies of three people believed to have been aboard the Kazu I sightseeing boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in April.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday offered his deep condolences over the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

The government finalized a package of measures Friday to deal with soaring prices, including a 50,000 yen handout for low-income households.

Visitors photograph a carpet of colorful flowers in full bloom at the Shikisai-no-oka garden in Biei, Hokkaido. About 25 varieties of flowers, including salvia, marigold and cockscomb, are planted in the 14-hectare garden within sight of the Daisetsuzan mountain range. According to the facility, the flowers are growing well and…

The Chinese government is facing a number of challenges as it prepares for the Communist Party Congress next month. This is first in a three-part series analyzing the issues.

The weakening of the yen continues unabated. As part of efforts to buoy the economy, the Bank of Japan appears set to continue its massive monetary-easing policy, in stark contrast to the approach adopted by the United States.

In the past, the government and the Bank of Japan have directly intervened in foreign exchange markets by selling or buying yen when there have been excessive movements in the yen's value.

A new government advisory now allows people who are self-isolating with the novel coronavirus to got outside, with caveats.

The government's decision to shorten the self-isolation period for people infected with coronavirus marks another step forward in its pandemic strategy of coping with the virus as the seventh wave of infections subsides.