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A film directed by Japan's Akio Fujimoto won the Special Orizzonti Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on Saturday.

Japanese wheelchair tennis star Tokito Oda completed his career Golden Slam by winning his first U.S. Open men's singles title on Saturday.

Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi had likely advised Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to voluntarily step down in order to prevent a split within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, it was learned Sunday.

Japan's internal affairs ministry is considering two types of registration under the planned "furusato jumin ()削除" registration system for the so-called connected population, or people who are continuously involved in areas where they do not live.

Japan's chief tariff negotiator denied Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump will have full discretion over how to allocate Japan's offer of 550 billion dollars in investments and loans, which is part of the two countries' tariff agreement.

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani will visit South Korea for three days from Monday to meet with his South Korean counterpart, Ahn Gyu-back, the Japanese Defense Ministry has announced.

An independent expert panel of the United Nations, tasked with assessing the potential impact of a nuclear war, held its first meeting for two days through Friday, with Masao Tomonaga, an 82-year-old hibakusha atomic bomb survivor and doctor from Nagasaki, selected as co-deputy chair.

A memorial service was held Saturday for the victims of an earthquake that killed 44 people in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido seven years ago.

The Shizuoka and Aomori prefectural chapters of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided Saturday to send a written request for an early party presidential election.

A traditional coming-of-age ceremony was held for Japan's Prince Hisahito on his 19th birthday on Saturday, following a one-year postponement due to his university entrance exam preparations.