YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa -- This east Japan city began streaming videos of regular press conferences in which a realistic AI avatar of Mayor Katsuaki Kamiji speaks fluent English on its official YouTube ...

A mayor in western Japan announced his bid to become governor of Tokyo, saying he felt a strong sense of crisis over the nation’s declining population. Shinji Ishimaru, who is 41 and represents ...

ASHIYA, Hyogo Prefecture--Local voters made national history by electing a 26-year-old to lead the city, making him the youngest mayor ever in Japan. Winning more than 46 percent of the vote ...