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

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)--The political ethics panel of Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, ...

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bowed to mourn flood victims in the ...

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)--Senior members of Japan's ruling and main opposition parties on Tuesday agreed to extend the ...

The LDP will exclude the plan from its bill to revise the political funds control law, with the aim of passing it through the ...

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will proceed with business activities while closely ...

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.

Beijing, Dec. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese movies are riding on a wave of popularity in China, despite Beijing's restrictions on ...

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. 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. ...

Tokyo, Dec. 17 (Jiji Press)--The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, approved on Tuesday three political reform bills including one to abolish so-called policy ...

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 ...