New Japanese tourism minister Yasushi Kaneko has voiced concerns about overtourism, or the negative impact of large numbers of tourists. The concentration of foreign visitors in certain regions is ...

For most of her life, Sanae Takaichi has loved heavy metal. As Japan’s first female leader, she has many reasons to reach for her sticks ...

As Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) rallies behind Sanae Takaichi to become the country's next prime minister, a video from nearly a decade ... past years," she said in an earlier ...