A former guesthouse standing on a university campus in the capital's Setagaya Ward blends the traditional architecture of a tea ceremony house with modernist features, adopting a predominantly silver ...

Japan's main opposition party on Friday demanded the revision of a draft state budget plan already submitted to parliament, ...

Speaking on Oct. 26 in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Noda said ... Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party), which has not cooperated in past Lower House elections, is also fielding more candidates ...

The party gained about 8.62 million votes in that constituency in the 2004 Upper House election, but the figure fell to about 6.18 million votes in the election last year.

Tokyo police declined ... suspected tax evasion. The party declined to comment on Saturday's attack, referring all queries to ...