Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will step down next month
Kishida's surprise resignation comes as he and his party, the governing Liberal Democratic Party, struggle to recover from a series of corruption scandals.
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2 Japanese navy helicopters crash in the Pacific Ocean — 1 dead and 7 missing
Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a nighttime training flight after possibly colliding with each other.
The first foreign-born grand champion of sumo, Akebono Taro, dies at age 54
Born Chad George Ha'aheo Rowan in Hawaii, Akebono moved to Tokyo in the 1980s, won his first grand championship in 1993, the first of 11 such titles, and retired in 2001. He died of heart failure.
Biden is hosting Japan's Kishida. But the Nippon Steel deal is not on the agenda
President BIden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Fumio announced efforts to strengthen military ties, as well as collaborations on space exploration and artificial intelligence.
Okinawa feels impact of U.S. and Japan military shifts
Okinawa, which sits closer to China than to Japan's main islands, is the focus of U.S. and Japanese efforts to beef up defenses in Japan's southwest islands.
'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions
The film's release in Japan, more than eight months after it opened in the U.S., had been watched with trepidation because of the sensitivity of the subject matter.
Japan's space agency says it may now have clues about the origins of the moon
An unmanned lunar spacecraft has captured and transmitted data analyzing lunar rocks, an achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon, a Japan space agency official said
The Japanese moon lander gets back to work after the sun reaches its solar panels
A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power.
Japan's village with the oldest population is wooing young residents to survive
Some Japanese are trying to reinvigorate their country's most aged village — where two-thirds of residents are over 65.
Man is sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36
A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder for carrying out a shocking arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, that killed 36 people.