Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who has previously suffered a hand ...

Japan has voted in a snap general election called by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, just three months after she assumed office. Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party is set to win at least 300 of the ...

In scenes normally reserved for J-pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest ...

The conservative grip is slipping in Fukui Prefecture ahead of Sunday's Lower House vote, following a recent gubernatorial election that left major fractures within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

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An earthquake occurred in the water off Ibaraki Prefecture at 18:03 p.m. on Tuesday, and a 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 was recorded in Ibaraki, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures.

Police in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 45-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of assaulting four men and women outside JR Mito Station. According to police, the incident occurred ...

The family of an experienced Australian snowboarder who died after an incident at a Japanese ski resort said she was tragically caught on a ski lift by an avalanche rescue backpack she was wearing to ...

Japanese police stated on Saturday that the body of a Chinese woman was found in a mountain forest in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture on Tuesday, Japan's Jiji News reported, adding the case was ...

TOKYO, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The body of a Chinese woman was found in a mountainous area in Tsukuba, Japan's Ibaraki prefecture, on Jan. 27, Kyodo News reported Saturday, citing police sources. The ...

How would you reach out to the person next to you in times of disaster? That is the question Amy Takebe asks her students based on her experience in 2011. Amy Takebe was born and raised in Ibaraki ...