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Japan’s Emperor Naruhito completed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum throne on Tuesday in a ceremony steeped in the traditions and…

When it comes to Japan’s royal family, anti-monarchy sentiment is almost non-existent. But government funding for two highly symbolic imperial…

Rescuers in Japan worked into a third day on Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful…

NAGANO, Japan (Reuters) – Rescue workers waded through muddy, waist-high waters on Monday searching for missing people after one of…

At least 14 people were killed and nine others missing after Typhoon Hagibis slammed into Japan, officials said Sunday, as…

Powerful Typhoon Hagibis on Saturday claimed its first victim even before making landfall, as Japanese weather authorities issued a top-level…

Japan braced on Friday for a powerful typhoon barreling towards Tokyo that has already forced the cancellation of two Rugby…

Set in 2019, cult 80s movie “Blade Runner” envisaged a neon-stained landscape of bionic “replicants” genetically engineered to look just…

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday that he agreed with US Secretary of State Mike…

Japan’s Shinzo Abe Wednesday appointed new foreign and defence ministers and promoted a popular rising political star, in a cabinet…