Japan PM Ishiba vows to stay on to avoid stalemate after poll defeat KYODO

    TOKYO, July 21 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday said he will remain in office to avert a "political stalemate," even as the ruling coalition lost its majority

Couche-Tard drops $47 bil. bid to buy Seven-Eleven parent company KYODO

    TOKYO, July 17 Kyodo - Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said Thursday it has withdrawn its $47 billion buyout proposal for Japanese rival Seven & i Holdings Co.

Japan's ruling bloc on course to lose majority in upper house: poll KYODO

     TOKYO, July 15 Kyodo - Japan's ruling bloc appears to be in danger of losing its majority in the House of Councillors in the upcoming election for the upper chamber, a Kyodo New

More voters favor opposition candidates in upper house race survey KYODO

    TOKYO, July 6 Kyodo - Opposition-backed candidates are leading over their ruling bloc rivals in Japan's House of Councillors election, while a minor conservative party is gaining popu

84% expect Trump's tariffs to affect their livelihoods: Kyodo poll KYODO

    TOKYO, April 13 Kyodo - Most people in Japan expect U.S. President Donald Trump's higher import tariffs to increase their living costs, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.

Japan deeply concerned about U.S. reciprocal tariffs, demands removal
Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 3, 2025. (Kyodo)
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    TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo - Japan on Thursday expressed its extreme regret and "serious concern" about the U.S.

Up to 298,000 could die in Japan in Nankai Trough megaquake: gov't
Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki facing the Hyuga Nada Sea. (Kyodo)
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    TOKYO, March 31 Kyodo - Up to 298,000 people in Japan could die in a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, a revised estimate by the government's earthquake task force showed Mond

Japan PM eyes Philippines, Vietnam visits during Golden Week holiday KYODO

    TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering visiting the Philippines and Vietnam during Japan's Golden Week holiday from late April, government sources said T

Japan demands exemption from U.S. auto tariffs
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2025. (Kyodo)
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    TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo - The Japanese government asked the United States on Thursday for Japan to be exempt from auto tariffs, calling the latest move by its closest ally "extremely re

Strong winds whip up western Japan wildfires, 15 buildings lost
A helicopter conducts firefighting operations in Okayama, western Japan, on March 26, 2025. (Kyodo)
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    MATSUYAMA, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Strong winds intensified out-of-control wildfires in two western Japan prefectures on Wednesday, burning through over a cumulative 900 hectares and

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