TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan PM Takaichi invited to ...

A look at the traditional farmhouses now commonly called kominka—“old folk dwellings”—a name that underscores their age. They ...

Together with 24 members of Komeito, which left the previous ruling coalition, and a few other lawmakers, the Centrist Reform ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her intention Jan. 19 to dissolve the House of Representatives at the outset ...

Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi - who has only been in the top job for about three months - has set the election date for Feb 8 to capitalise on soaring public support to shore up her coalition ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance, a new political party of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, a former ruling coalition member, will be launched with over 160 House ...

On the afternoon of Jan. 18, the day before Takaichi's announcement about a lower house dissolution, some 150 people lined up ...

PM Takaichi plans to dissolve the House as a new poll shows nearly half of voters oppose calling an early election despite ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi yesterday said that she would dissolve parliament this week ahead of a snap election on Feb. 8, hoping for a stronger mandate to push through her ambitious ...

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will officially announce Monday her plans to dissolve parliament for a snap election, media reports said, hoping for a stronger mandate to push through ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will dissolve parliament on Friday, paving the way for an early election on 8 February ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Monday that she will dissolve the House of Representatives at the start of this year's ordinary session of the Diet, the country's parliament, to be ...