Yokohama’s Chinatown is the largest in Japan and is surrounded by 10 ornately decorated gates. It’s tempting to get lost in the maze of dim sum and fortune tellers, under red paper lanterns swinging over tiny alleys. “I love going there for the casual atmosphere,” says Makoto. "Chinatown feels the same as it did when I went 30 years ago.”

The fringe far-right Sanseito party emerged as one of the biggest winners in Japan's upper house election on Sunday, gaining support with warnings of a "silent invasion" of immigrants, and pledges for tax cuts and welfare spending.

The ruling LDP coalition may lose its upper house majority.

Shigeru Ishiba is clinging on to power after the latest rebuke from the electorate. With crucial trade talks on the line, it’s time for him to go.

Japan’s ruling coalition lost its majority in the upper house elections on Sunday, exit polls projected, in a disastrous result for prime minister Shigeru Ishiba. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its partner Komeito won about 41 of the 125 seats contested,

TOKYO: Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China's dominance of the sector.

Takahiro Anno, leader of the political group Team Mirai, is set to secure his first victory in the July 20 House of Councillors proportional ･･･

Japan's central and local governments are required under a new law to take steps to promote the use of sign language, aiming to build