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Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) and four other parties reached a broad agreement on Oct. 29 to abol ...

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed Friday to end the provisional gasoline tax rate at year-end but left unresolved ...

New Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday conveyed Japan's concerns to President Xi Jinping over Chinese coast guar ...

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A crowd of people with umbrellas filled the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya district in the drizzling rain Friday as police ...

A court on Friday handed a man a life sentence for killing three members of his family with a crossbow at his home in western ...