Munich, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi again criticized Japan at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks from ...
More than two decades since she won the Akutagawa Prize at the age of 19, Wataya Risa’s latest novel centers on a 20-year ...
Yokohama, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--The prefectural police department of Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, is set to cancel about 2,700 traffic violations that are believed to have been based on documents ...
Milan, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka snatched the gold medal in the men's halfpipe event at the ...
Tokyo, Feb. 14 (Jiji Press)--The families of missing persons believed to have been abducted by North Korea but not designated as such on the Japanese government's official list of abduction victims ...
From New Year Shōgatsu celebrations to the summer festivals of Tanabata and Obon, Japan’s calendar is filled with traditional events that mark life milestones, seasonal changes, and religious ...
Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry released on Friday the five-year survival rates of people newly ...
Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--An advisory panel to Japan's health minister on Friday recommended raising medical fees under the country's health insurance system to reflect rising prices and support ...
Tokyo, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. said Friday its smartphone payment service unit PayPay Corp. will go public on the U.S. Nasdaq stock market. PayPay filed with the U.S.
Fukuoka, Feb. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Fisheries Agency has seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its 47-year-old ...
In the leadership election, Ogawa, 54, gained 27 votes from the new centrist party's 49 lawmakers, surpassing 22 votes for his sole contender, Takeshi Shina, a 59-year-old former parliamentary vice ...
Washington, Feb. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan and the United States have yet to work out the first batch of U.S.-bound investment deals worth 550 billion dollars planned by Tokyo, visiting Japanese economic ...