Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the ruling bloc's overwhelming victory in Sunday's election represents a "historic" level of public confidence.
The campaign is over, and now judgment time has come: Who were the winners and losers in Sunday’s Lower House election?
North Korea on Monday blasted "Japanese reactionaries" for working to "pave the groundwork for a reinvasion of the Korean peninsula" after Sunday's Lower House election that saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc secure a sweeping victory. Abe dissolved the Diet on Sept. 28, forcing ...
The 21st typhoon of the season makes an unusually quick pass over Japan, but the toll both human and material is heavy.
Drivers of the most polluting vehicles will face an extra daily charge for driving into central London on weekdays from Monday in a bid to improve air quality in one of Europe's most polluted cities. London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the new £10 ($13.2) charge ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s landslide sends Tokyo stocks higher and the yen down, with the path paved for a continuation of loose monetary policy.
Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana declared the last of the pro-Islamic State group militants in southern Marawi city "finished" on Monday, exactly five months after the start of the siege that sparked fears of the group gaining a foothold in Southeast Asia. Speaking at an ...
In the past few months, hardly a day hasgone by without a news story popping up on Japan's tabloid TV shows replaying Diet member Mayuko Toyota's now infamous rant. Toyota was taped heaping verbal abuse on her male secretary over mistakes he made. She can ...
