The Latest Breaking News from Japan

Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool 'desperately' needed Takumi Minamino in January but his comments have since been proven wrong

The new U.S. ambassador to Tokyo, Rahm Emanuel, says Washington is “fully committed” to working with Japan to confront growing regional tensions

The 24-year-old featured in the final 20 minutes the clash with Saudi Arabia and was also a sub during the win against China.

Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist politician, has died

The striker remarkably has an outside chance to feature against Rangers tomorrow night despite being on international duty.

Two crew members remain unaccounted for as search and rescue team recover part of the fighter jet’s fuselage.

Japan will seek UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a centuries-old network of mines on Tuesday, the government said, risking renewed diplomatic tensions with South Korea over forced wartime labor. The controversial gold and silver mine complex on central Japan's Sado Island dates back 400 years and was once one of…

In a bid to accelerate the administration of booster shots against the novel coronavirus, the government will relax the requirements for establishing vaccination sites and raise the maximum subsidy for operating them, health minister Shigeyuki Goto announced on Tuesday morning.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's planned visit to Japan later this month has been called off.

The Japanese and U.S. governments have begun making arrangements for Joe Biden's first visit to Japan as U.S. president, possibly in the latter half of May, according to sources.

While the Biden administration is showing great reservation when it comes to disclosing details on US dual nationals held hostage in Iranian prisons, reports indicate that Qatari mediation could conclude a deal for their release in exchange for $10 billion that Iran would get from funds frozen in South Korea,…