Japan

Fumio Kishida was officially elected as Japan's 100th prime minister on Monday after winning a majority of votes in both houses of parliament.

Tokyo, Sept 30 (AFP) - Japan’s ruling party elected former foreign minister Fumio Kishida its new leader on Wednesday, setting him on course to become the next prime minister of the world’s third-largest economy. The soft-spoken centrist defeated popular vaccine chief Taro Kono in an unusually close race to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who decided to step down after...

India denies but Blinken’s evasive reply to Congress gives room for speculation

Japan's Foreign Ministry urged its citizens on Monday to stay away from religious facilities and crowds in six Southeast Asian nations, warning of a possible attack.

The 2020 Summer Paralympics, branded as Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, is an ongoing international multi-sport parasports event that is currently being held from 24 August and 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan reported a fresh contamination case involving Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, the fourth such incident in less than a week, threatening to slow the country's sputtering inoculation campaign.

Japan's Okinawa region suspended the use of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday after another contamination was spotted, the local government said.

Recognize need to convene India and Sri Lanka Joint Commission

Hundreds of thousands of Asian women, mostly from China and Korean, were kidnapped and coerced into sexual servitude to Japanese troops

The medal-bite is a familiar photo opportunity for winning athletes at the Olympic Games. But one Japanese mayor took it a step further after he bit a softball player's gold medal without permission, causing widespread public outrage.