Japan's political future hangs in the balance after voters delivered a historic rebuke to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tainted ruling coalition in a weekend snap election.

Japanese police reported a record 122,806 suspected child abuse cases in 2023, marking a 6.1 percent increase from the previous year, raising concerns over the phenomenon of child abuse in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that he would not stand for re-election in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership vote in September.

Japan experienced a historic decline in the number of newborns in 2023, coinciding with the country’s largest-ever population decrease.

Japan and the U.S. recently announced plans to upgrade their military alliance, including the U.S. military command in Japan and more joint development of defense equipment.