Kyodo news had reported on unconfirmed information that a parliamentary vice foreign minister had visited the shrine in 2022.

At the tomb, Emperor Naruhito offered a tamagushi ritual offering and bowed deeply, as did Empress Masako after him.

Yuichiro Tamaki has been a long-time advocate of nuclear power and the reactivation of Japan’s halted nuclear power plants.

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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday he would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar's ...

The incident occurred at around 3:20 p.m. in a densely packed area of Susukino lined with multitenant buildings.

China has put Defense Minister Dong Jun under investigation over a corruption-related scandal, a report citing U.S. officials ...

With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.S. leader turns his attention back to ...

Volkswagen will exit its controversial plant in China's Xinjiang region, after years of investor pressure to abandon its ...

Beijing’s long-standing line has been a commitment to keep the yuan 'basically stable.” But Trump’s return with his tariff ...

The delegation had met with South Korean national security adviser Shin Won-sik to exchange views on the conflict in Ukraine, ...

Maybe distance isn’t so tyrannical after all. Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida liked to say that “Ukraine today is Asia ...