The 29-year-old niece of Emperor Naruhito became engaged to Kei Komuro in 2017...

The victory for the party elite that virtually ensures the soft-spoken consensus-builder will become Prime Minister within days...

The trilateral association between Britain, US and Australia called AUKUS was announced a few days ago...

Citizens and nations must learn to be mindful of others if the world is to retain its humane visage...

CHINA DIARY: Anger against the Japanese is both a real and a whipped-up sentiment in China...

The 19-year-old did not disappoint, posting a winning point total of 88.465 to push China’s Xiao Ruoteng into second place...

Nishiya came out on top of an unusually young field of competitors, with all three medallists in their teens...

"It came to light that during a past performance, (he) used language that mocked a tragic fact of history. The organising committee has decided to relieve Kentaro Kobayashi of his post" ...

Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said this step was needed to prevent the resurgence of the future spread of Covid-19 cases across the country...

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