SAPPORO (Jiji Press)—The Sapporo High Court ruled Friday that the House of Councillors election in July, which had a maximum vote-value disparity of 4.77 times, was “in a state of unconstitutiona...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito will set new principles to manage exports of weapons, possibly by the year-end, LDP officials said Thursday. At a meeting of a joint project team,...

BERLIN (AP)—General Motors Co. plans to largely withdraw its Chevrolet brand from Europe from the beginning of 2016, focusing more sharply on its main Opel and Vauxhall brands. Chevrolet will no ...

The Emperor and Empress returned to Japan on Friday morning from their first official visit to India in more than half a century. Arriving at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on a special government plane, t...

Fusion Communications Corp., a unit of Rakuten Inc., has launched a service for smartphones that cuts charges for voice calls in half. Through the “Rakuten Denwa” service, users can make and re...

BANGKOK (Jiji Press)—Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has canceled her visit to Japan in light of continuing antigovernment demonstrations at home, a Thai government spokesman said Friday. ...

NEW YORK (AP)—Twitter has named Marjorie Scardino as a director, adding a woman to the all-white male board, for which it’s been sharply criticized. Scardino, 66, was the chief executive office...

The dollar edged up above ¥102 in Tokyo trading late Friday after narrow movements amid a cautious mood prior to the announcement of closely followed U.S. jobs data for November later in the day. ...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold futures declined for the third time in four days Thursday as U.S. economic data reinforced concern that the Federal Reserve Board will begin trimming stimulus measures, cu...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and two other parties have jointly submitted a bill to the Diet to lift a ban on casinos. Deliberations on the bill are expected to continue into the ordinary Di...