"The Cove," a film showing the yearly slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, took the Oscar for best feature documentary in the annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday in Los Angeles. On Monday, officials in Taiji released a statement calling for understanding of food culture and long-standing traditions.

Pro-Pyongyang high schools and their supporters urged the government Wednesday not to make such schools an exception of a planned tuition-free program for high schools,…

High schools for ethnic Koreans considered pro-Pyongyang and their supporters urged the government Wednesday not to omit them from a planned tuition-free program, stressing that politics should be set aside to provide all students with equal rights. "Teachers, students and parents are all surprised and feel very angry at (the possibility of the government) excluding Korean schools" from the ...

The Liberal Democratic Party should focus on creating clear policies and restructuring and end its internal bickering, LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday. "This is not the time to be having discussions on changing the LDP president or being caught up in internal strife," Ishiba told reporters at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo.

Veteran lawmaker Yoichi Masuzoe on Monday issued what could be taken as an ultimatum to his ailing Liberal Democratic Party, saying that a failure to restructure will not only push the public to abandon it but may force its ranks to split as well. In a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Masuzoe said he was "exploring both options" — reconstructing the LDP or creating a ...

March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s most popular politician in two recent opinion polls said he may split from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party to form his own group if leaders can’t agree on economic policy.

Interior Affairs Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi is that rare politician who doesn't hesitate to say he'll eventually be prime minister. He has apparently become more confident than ever after receiving support and encouragement from two of the most influential figures in the Japanese media. In mid-January, Haraguchi had dinner with Tsuneo Watanabe, editor in chief of the nation's largest ...

UNESCO Ex-Director General Koichiro Matsuura is calling for greater Japanese representation in the United Nations and other international bodies to demonstrate the nation's commitment as a global player. Matsuura, who served two terms as head of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization from 1999 to 2009, said in Tokyo, "To be Japanese gave me more advantages than disadvantages ...

Former UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura called Tuesday for greater Japanese representation in the United Nations and other international bodies to demonstrate the nation's commitment…

Text of a speech to the Sydney Institute by Miranda Devine in memory of the life of her father, Frank Devine

Text of a speech to the Sydney Institute by Miranda Devine in memory of the life of her father, Frank Devine

A film distributor that acquired the rights to screen in Japan the documentary "The Cove," which shows the slaughter of dolphins near Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, hopes to bring the Oscar-nominated film to theaters soon. Tokyo-based Medallion Media is in talks with cinemas to bring the film to Japanese audiences as soon as possible, a company official said Friday.