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

Japan has more than 2 million foreign workers, as of October 2023. Of these, Vietnam is the most represented nationality at 520,000, but the pace of new arrivals from the country is starting to ...

Tokyo, Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government survey showed Friday that 78.2 pct of respondents feel anxious or worried, the highest level since the government began asking about such ...

Narita, Chiba Pref., Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)--International passengers using Narita International Airport between Dec. 27 and Jan. 5 next year are projected to number 897,000, up 14.7 pct from a year ...

Tokyo, Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)--Officials from the Japanese Defense Ministry and the Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday conducted an on-site inspection of the U.S. military’s Yokota Air Base ...

Tokyo, Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)--The total number of teachers and other school staff punished or reprimanded for sexual crimes and violence in Japan hit a record high of 320 in fiscal 2023, an ...

In January, a Los Angeles Times article announced that Martin Scorsese would make a film of Endō Shūsaku’s A Life of Jesus. The columnist Glenn Whipp reported how Scorsese said that he had ...

Tokyo, Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese police took action against 183,269 people for Penal Code violations in 2023, marking an 8.2 pct rise from the previous year in the first growth in 19 years, a ...

Tokyo, Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling camp on Friday adopted its fiscal 2025 tax system reform package featuring a plan to raise the minimum taxable income from the current 1.03 million yen ...

Tokyo, Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)--The secretaries-general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, its coalition partner, Komeito, and the opposition Democratic Party for the People agreed Friday to ...

Tokyo, Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)--A panel of Japan's ruling bloc decided Friday to postpone a decision on the detailed route of the planned section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line that ...

Offshore wind power is expected to play a major role in the global shift to renewable energy creation. In November, the Offshore Wind Power Human Resource Training Center, or Nagasaki Ocean ...