Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio is planning to reshuffle his Cabinet and the main ruling party's executives as early as Wednesday.

The Japanese government's top spokesperson says North Korea is apparently trying to boost its ability to conduct surprise attacks.

US President Joe Biden is joining other leaders of the Group of 20 nations for their upcoming summit in India. He left for New Delhi on Thursday.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has provided an explanation to his Malaysian counterpart about the safety of the treated and diluted water being discharged from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Japan has successfully launched an H2A rocket carrying a probe that will attempt to make the nation's first lunar landing.

Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has announced an initiative to promote cooperation with Southeast Asian countries, which includes capacity building projects for 5,000 people over the next three years.

A senior White House official has warned that North Korea would pay a price if it supplies weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine.

Tuesday marked one year since the death of a 3-year-old girl in central Japan from acute heatstroke after she was left inside a school bus.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will begin a seven-day tour of Indonesia and India on Tuesday. He is scheduled to attend the meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Group of 20 summit.

A summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has failed to bring Russia back into an agreement that had allowed Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea.

Japan's Supreme Court has ruled against Okinawa Prefecture over a landfill project to relocate a US military facility. Okinawa opposes the construction of the new airfield within the prefecture.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has decided to replace defense minister Oleksii Reznikov.