Takashi Mochizuki wrote about Asian tech companies as well as casino and bitcoin development in Japan from The Wall Street Journal Tokyo bureau.

Shinzo Abe’s grandfather ... Yomiuri and Akahata (the Japanese Communist Party daily), ran special pages. “Parties from the LDP to JCP and Japan Socialist Party are trying to remove the ...

Tetsuya Yamagami apparently blamed a religious group for his life of hardships that culminated in the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a relative of the suspect said. The ...

The state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will cost an estimated 1.66 billion yen ($11.9 million), including security expenses, in taxpayer money, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu ...

Questioned by a reporter during an Oval Office press conference, Trump cites nationalism as potential reason for decline in ...

Yuka Hayashi was news editor in The Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau and a reporter covering trade and international economy. Previously, she wrote about financial regulation and elder ...

The case stems from a July 15, 2019, incident where police officers removed both from an Upper House election rally in Sapporo for heckling Abe during a speech. The Sapporo High Court recognized ...

but he added that three other parliamentary secretaries from the faction once led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would remain in their posts. Komori was replaced by Lower House member Shoji ...

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are arguing over whether “religious influence” can be used in the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, who is accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe is set to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Hawaii on December 26–27.

But in Japan, the church has been accused of coercive fundraising, especially after the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, allegedly carried out by a man who harboured ...

Conservative lawmakers decry a change of the surname rule in the Civil Code as an attack on traditional values and tie it to concerns over a looming demographic crisis. They argue that Japan must work ...