The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. TOKYO - Japan's prime minister is facing the biggest crisis of his tenure, caught up in a burgeoning ...

Another case of high-profile illegal Japanese gambling has hit the country, as a pop star has been referred to prosecutors. Tokyo police made the move Monday to send legal papers to legal teams over a ...

The government on Wednesday disciplined Japan's top admiral and 92 other Maritime Self-Defense Force officers over inappropriate vessel repair deals that involved MSDF members receiving benefits from ...

Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it. The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of the Liberal ...