Ahead of elections, Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party vows to amend the constitution to clarify the role of the...

Lawmaker Yukio Edano launches a new party to vie against the more conservative political competition in the upcoming ele...

Politicking is underway after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolves Japan's Lower House of Parliament, kicking off the de facto election campaign ahead ...

A South Korean group obtains a photo purportedly of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korean agents 40 years ago.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike says she will lead a new national political party to vie for seats in the upcoming election....

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls a snap election, seeking a fresh mandate and pledging a spending package of nearly $18 b...

A new party envisioned by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's ally may be named "Hope" Party.

A district court orders Tokyo Electric Power Company to pay damages in a class-action suit brought by people displaced b...

Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera slams a comment by North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho hinting that the c...