1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (778+ words) TOKYO - Officials and staff who work in support of Japan's imperial family are facing unprecedented uncertainty as to how their duties in the royal system will be affected by the country's legal change aimed at making the world's oldest hereditary…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (522+ words) TOKYO - The Group of Seven showed a measure of unity at their latest summit in France, welcoming an agreement between the United States and Iran to sign a memorandum on ending their conflict. Yet looking back at the events leading…...

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3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (428+ words) TOKYO - The following are questions and answers about changes to Japan's Imperial House Law enacted by parliament on Friday. Q: Why has Japan revised the Imperial House Law? A: The revision to the 1947 Imperial House Law aims to ensure the long-term sustainability…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (648+ words) TOKYO - Japan's parliament approved Friday a revised Imperial House Law to address the issue of the shrinking royal family, while retaining the long-standing male-only succession system, despite public support for female emperors. The first substantive revision to the 1947 law introduced…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (365+ words) TOKYO - Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a divisive law introducing criminal penalties for desecrating the national flag, achieving a key legislative goal of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the current Diet session. The ruling parties argued the law was needed…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (119+ words) Japan Wire by Kyodo News A quarter of Japan municipalities see population drop by over 10%: Kyodo Philippines to get 5 used destroyers from Japan: defense secretary Japan, Vietnam agree to explore joint high-speed landing craft project Sumo: Sekiwake Wakatakakage out of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (676+ words) Japan's 1st Nobel laureate in medicine Tonegawa dies at 86 WASHINGTON - Susumu Tonegawa, Japan's first recipient of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has died, the university said Wednesday. He was 86. Tonegawa, who…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (18+ words) Japan Wire by Kyodo News...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (672+ words) TOKYO - The United States and Iran have agreed on a memorandum to end their fighting. A senior U.S. official has said it will include a guarantee of long-term peace in the Middle East. As long as the agreement is implemented, it…...