Ministers including Japan's justice minister leaves a ruling party faction embroiled in a slush fund scandal.

Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu announces that it will suspend shipments of all models over its safety scandal.

Japanese oil giant Eneos Holdings dismisses its president for sexual harassment.

Prosecutors raid the ruling Liberal Democratic Party factions' offices amid the slush fund scandal.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says that his country will lead decarbonization efforts in Asia in the first AZEC ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako invite ASEAN leaders to a tea party at the Imperial Palace.

A helicopter crashes in Kyoto, leaving two injured.

The Japanese government is set to seek the inscription of Japanese calligraphy on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritag...

A winter purification ritual takes place at a river near a Shinto shrine in southwestern Japan.

Tokyo police provide guidance to children hanging out at night in the Japanese capital's red-light district of Kabukicho...