A parade of European warships and military aircraft passed through Japan over the summer, amid a growing awareness that the ...

The Japan National Tourism Organization calculated that the first half of 2024 saw almost 18 million visitors to the country, outpacing by a large margin the same period for 2019, which had a ...

This year’s summer Kōshien baseball pennant went to a surprise champion: Kyoto International Junior and Senior High School, a ...

Otaki, Nagano Pref., Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--A memorial service was held Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the eruption ...

This image projects an overwhelming sense of barely contained energy and dynamism, ready to leap into action at any moment to defend the dharma. The sculpture depicts Bazara (Vajra), the “Dog ...

The government released a prefecture-by-prefecture ranking of the wage gap between men and women. Tochigi Prefecture had the largest gap, with women’s wages only 70% of men’s wages. Nationwide ...

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Thursday started the fifth round of the fiscal ...

Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japanese beverage company Suntory Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that it will raise the monthly ...

Mutsu, Aomori Pref., Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)--An interim storage facility in the city of Mutsu in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, received the first batch of spent nuclear fuel Thursday ...

Osaka, Sept. 24 (Jiji Press)--Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Tuesday that the central bank will carefully monitor ...

"A few members expressed the opinion that, with the year-on-year rate of increase in the CPI (consumer price index) exceeding ...

Shizuoka, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese district court Thursday acquitted an 88-year-old man in a high-profile retrial ...