The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.     ----------Olympics: Japan's Murase wins ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance secured just 49 seats in Sunday's House of Representatives election, the lowest total for a main ...

Since its premiere in January 2026, the anime "Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004" has set the internet ablaze with its gripping narrative and high production quality.

Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, co-leaders of the main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance, said Monday they will resign to ...

The Nikkei stock index on Tuesday rose to a record intraday high for the second straight day on hopes for expansionary fiscal policies after Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party scored a landslide ...

Sony Corporation said Monday it has decided to exit the Blu-ray disc recorder market as the widespread availability of ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted a reactor at its seven-unit nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that the victory of Japan's ruling bloc led by her Liberal Democratic Party in ...

ACCRA - ‌The U.S. is using offtake deals and state-backed funding to compete in the short term with China in securing ...

SEOUL -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) decided Monday to kick out the head of Jindo County over his controversial comments ...

TOKYO - Ichiro Ozawa, a once-powerful Japanese political broker, lost his seat in Sunday's House of Representatives election, ...

BREAKING NEWS: S. Korea hopes for deeper ties after Japan ruling party's big election win ...