The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office has dropped charges against 65 current and former Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and their secretaries, including Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and senior members of...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested Friday that he may call a snap election for the House of Representatives if his government’s fiscal 2025 budget plan or other important legislation is...

Japanese manufacturing giant Nidec said on Friday it planned to launch a ¥257 billion ($1.6 billion) bid for Makino Milling Machine, a surprise unsolicited takeover offer in a country better...

Japan and the United States have for the first time jointly drawn up guidelines for extended deterrence, the Japanese government announced Friday. Tokyo and Washington came up with the guidelines...

The Defense Ministry said Friday that it has found over 100 new cases of the Self-Defense Forces mishandling designated security secrets, such as improper procedures for members transferring posts and...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries created ¥1.7 billion ($10.8 million) in slush funds over six years through fiscal 2023 through fictitious transactions involving repair contracts for Maritime Self-Defense Force submarines, the Defense...

Supporters of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi wear masks of his face at an election campaign rally in Meerut, India, on March 31. Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party won...

SEOUL – A majority of South Korea’s parliament voted on Friday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo. Prime Minister Han has been acting president since President Yoon Suk Yeol was...

new delhi – Described as a “reluctant king” in his first stint as prime minister, the soft-spoken Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday at the age of 92, was arguably...