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Japan's premier Fumio Kishida vowed to never again wage war on the anniversary of Japan's World War Two surrender while members of his cabinet visited a controversial shrine to mark the date, annoying South Korea and likely also irking China. With the Yasukuni Shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's…

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese police officer got drunk, fell asleep on the street and lost investigation documents containing the personal details of around 400 people including a criminal suspect, police and local media said.

A growing number of local governments no longer require nursery schools to identify people who have had close contact with coronavirus carriers.

Japan's industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Saturday became the first member of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet to visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine for war dead in Tokyo, Kyodo news agency reported.

Japanese weather officials say Tropical Storm Meari is unleashing heavy rains on the main island of Honshu as it heads northward toward the capital, Tokyo

Japanese weather officials say Tropical Storm Meari is unleashing heavy rains on southwestern Japan as it heads northward toward the capital, Tokyo

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist will use Euros to learn on road to Paris 2024 – and hopes to inspire girls and young women too

"She sang Japanese enka while draped over the peach velvet furniture": inside a Tokyo hostess club

A Japanese ruling party lawmaker has met with Myanmar's junta leader, according to Myanmar state media, days after a Japanese documentary filmmaker was arrested while covering a protest in the Southeast Asian country.