U.S. Seeks Sex Slavery Apology

On a voice vote, the United States House of Representatives approved a resolution demanding an apology from Japan over its military’s sexual enslavement of women in Asia in World War II. “Today, the House will send a message to the government of Japan that it should deliver an official, unequivocal, unambiguous apology for the indignity the ‘comfort women’ suffered,” said Michael M. Honda, a California Democrat who led the nonbinding resolution. The vote was a rare rebuke by Washington politicians of Washington’s closest ally in Asia. An official at the Japanese Embassy in Washington would not comment on the House vote.

Japan’s Prime Minister Holds on Despite Rebuke From Voters

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rejected the urging of opposition politicians, newspaper editorials and even members of his own party that he step down.

Governing Party in Japan Suffers Election Defeat

The opposition party seized control of the upper house, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would not step down.

Japan’s Prime Minister Tries to Avoid Big Loss

The news media were predicting a loss for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday’s elections for Japan’s upper house of Parliament.

Japanese Agricultural Minister Accused of Overcharging Government for Private Office Costs

Days before a parliamentary election that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party is expected to lose, fresh revelations about his scandal-ridden agriculture minister emerged.

Japan’s Leader Faces Defeat, Polls Show

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party faces a significant defeat in this Sunday’s election.

Japan’s Leader Attacked by His Own Party

With Shinzo Abe’s future as prime minister hanging by a thread, politicians from his own party are distancing themselves for their own survival.

Japan’s Quake-Prone Atomic Plant Prompts Wider Worry

The nuclear power plant that was damaged in a deadly earthquake in Japan last week may have unknowingly been built directly on top of an active seismic fault

Bomb by Bomb, Japan Sheds Military Restraints

Japan is blurring the line between defensive and offensive military power in spite of its pacifist Constitution, rattling nerves in northeast Asia.

Kenji Miyamoto, 98, Leader of Japan’s Communist Party, Dies

Mr. Miyamoto emerged from jail in 1945 to lead his party on a jagged postwar course in which it renounced Russian and Chinese Communism in favor of more popular bread-and-butter issues.