The Bank of Japan warned October 31 of "high uncertainties" following the ruling party's worst election result in 15 years, as it kept interest rates…
Support has sunk further for Japan's embattled ruling coalition, a new poll showed October 30, after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's party suffered its worst election…
A Japanese nuclear reactor with an upgraded anti-tsunami wall was set to restart October 29 in a region near the crippled Fukushima plant, according to…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling party was reportedly locked in talks to form new alliances October 29 after losing its parliamentary majority in an…
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba vowed October 28 to stay in office despite his gamble of snap elections backfiring, with the ruling party's worst result…
Japan voted on October 27 in its tightest election in years, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially…
Japan and the United States kicked off 10 days of joint military drills on October 23 involving tens of thousands of personnel, a week after…
Approval ratings for Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have fallen ahead of an October 27 general election, one weekend poll showed, with another survey…
A man was arrested after throwing several suspected petrol bombs at the headquarters of Japan's ruling party Saturday and ramming his car into a fence…
Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on October 17 sent a ritual offering to a shrine honouring the country's war dead that has long angered…
A record number of women are running in Japan's general election this month, although they still account for less than a quarter of candidates, local…
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded October 11 to Japan's Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors pushing for a nuclear weapons…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved parliament on October 9 ahead of October 27 snap elections, banking on his honeymoon popularity and a fragmented opposition…
Japanese prosecutors said on October 8 they will not appeal against last month's acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada. After a…
Japan's government admitted October 7 manipulating an official photo of the new cabinet to make its members look less unkempt, after online mockery of their…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on October 7 he had no plan for now to consider raising the country's tax on income from investments.…
Japan agreed on October 6 to study cooperating with South Korea and Italy on procurement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the world's second-biggest LNG…
Flights resumed at a regional Japanese airport October 3 after an unexploded World War II US bomb blew up less than a minute after a…
A minor blast at a regional Japanese airport was caused by an unexploded US bomb, officials said on October 2, with reports saying the device…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, state media reported October 2, the day after he took office in Tokyo.…
A body was found drifting in the Sea of Japan that Japanese rescuers said on October 1 might be a teenager who went missing in…
Japan got a new prime minister on October 1, with Shigeru Ishiba setting out to jumpstart a lacklustre economy, defuse a demographic crisis and build…
Japan's incoming prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said on September 30 he aimed to call snap elections for October 27, as equities plunged on a strong…
Japan's next prime minister Shigeru Ishiba on September 27 outlined his ideas to reshape the nation's miliary alliance with Washington, after winning the conservative ruling…
Thousands of thankful, sobbing fans flocked to a Tokyo zoo September 28 to bid an emotional farewell to a pair of beloved pandas before their…
