Minamisoma, Fukushima Pref., Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)--In Minamisoma, a city in Fukushima Prefecture that was hit hard by tsunami ...

Niigata Prefecture on the Japan Sea coast is famous as the heart of the “Snow Country” and as a major center of rice cultivation (and the sake production that goes with it). In the summer ...

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Steel Corp. said Thursday that it will set up a joint venture with two companies to participate in an iron ore mine development project in Labrador, eastern Canada.

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref., Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--Police arrested a 43-year-old man on Thursday after two junior high school students were stabbed at a hamburger shop in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka ...

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s upcoming fiscal 2025 tax system reform package is seen including a proposed hike in the income tax threshold from the current 1.03 million yen per year to 1. ...

Chiba, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--A couple in their 50s were stabbed to death in an apparent murder in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Wednesday afternoon, prefectural police said.

“The area along the banks of the Kamo River around Shijō Street is where kabuki was born. It’s where Minamiza stands today, so the theater holds a very special place for kabuki actors.” ...

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--Amazon Japan G.K. said Thursday that it will enter the “furusato nozei” hometown donation intermediary business. The Japanese unit of Amazon.com Inc. will handle ...

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--The yen fell past 155 per dollar for the first time in about a month on Thursday after the Bank of Japan skipped an interest rate hike at a two-day policy meeting ...

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)--Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. are considering options for their cooperation including a merger, informed sources said Wednesday.

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--An advisory panel to Japanese police has called for restrictions on practices by host club employees of forcing female clients into prostitution and other sex work to ...

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his South Korean counterpart, Han Duk-soo, agreed Thursday to cooperate over North Korea affairs, in their first talks, held ...