Muslims in a small town in northern Japan have been rattled by several suspected arson attacks, following months of online ...

Claims of an Islam ban in Japan spread rapidly online following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent election win, with social media posts alleging new restrictions on halal foods, mosques, and ...

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Yohei Matsuyama breaks his daylong Ramadan fast with chopsticks. He’s seated on the floor at a narrow table with a dozen other Japanese Muslim men and boys as they eat “gyudon,” a ...

Photo taken in October 2025 shows a prayer room set up at the World Exposition in Osaka (Kyodo). KOCHI (Japan), Jan 25 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- As Japan welcomes a growing number of Muslim visitors, a ...

On Dec. 8, 2017, a lawyer for the U.S. government stood before a federal appeals court to defend President Donald Trump’s third attempt to ban immigrants and visitors from predominantly Muslim ...

KAKOGAWA, Hyogo -- House of Councillors election candidate Takashi Tachibana, leader of the political group NHK Party, made xenophobic remarks during a stump speech in this western Japan city July 4, ...