Japan ranked the lowest among members of the Group of 20 major economies in a 2018 global ranking on representation of women in parliament, coming 165th among 193 countries, an annual report by an international organization shows.
The governor and mayor of Osaka tendered their resignations Friday to seek election in each other's current position with the aim of reorganizing the major city into a metropolitan government system similar to Tokyo's.
A century after mass protests against Japanese colonial rule in Korea the issue of those who collaborated with Tokyo many of whom later become part of the South Korean elite -- remains hidden in the shadows.
If U.S. President Donald Trump survives multiplying investigations into his campaign and business dealings, he will achieve a "bigger win" in the 2020 presidential election than in 2016, Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to Trump, says.
TOKYO -- In an attempt to get U.S. President Donald Trump to ease up on Japan's trade surplus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an elaborate presentation last year mapping out new American investments planned by Japanese companies totaling $20 billion.
Japan has submitted to the United Nations a draft resolution to establish a working group for coordinating efforts toward combating ocean microplastics pollution, people close to the matter said Saturday.
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) The United States may remove most, if not all, sanctions levied against Chinese products since last year, with leaders of the two countries to possibly complete a trade deal in a March 27 meeting, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Japan’s reputation as a country relatively free of gun crime is borne out by official statistics. In terms of individuals charged with crimes committed using firearms, the 2018 white paper issued by the National Police Agency listed eight homicides in 2017.
Japan said Tuesday it has lodged a protest over the South Korean foreign minister’s remark at a United Nations meeting that the issue of “comfort women” remains unresolved despite a 2015 bilateral pact designed to settle it.
Police arrested Monday a 22-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death the head of a foster home in Tokyo where the man used to live, with the suspect saying he wanted revenge against the facility.
Residents of Japan's Okinawa cast ballots Sunday in a closely watched referendum on the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base to a remote part of the island.
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