Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Steel Corp. on Tuesday renewed its call for understanding for its plan to acquire United ...

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, who starred in "Shogun," a drama series set in feudal Japan that won a record 18 Emmy awards, ...

Tokyo, Dec. 3 (Jiji Press)--The number of electric kick scooter traffic violation cases handled by police in Japan remains ...

Tokyo, Nov. 29 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel of experts on Friday called for legislation to allow the government ...

Tokyo, Nov. 29 (Jiji Press)--Ten Chinese and Russian military aircraft, including fighters and bombers, conducted long-distance joint flights between the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea on ...

Tokyo, Nov. 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Friday adopted a draft supplementary budget for fiscal 2024 with 13,943.3 billion yen in general-account spending, mainly to fund a ...

Tokyo, Nov. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Crown Prince Akishino turned 59 on Saturday. At a press conference held in advance at the Akasaka East Residence in Tokyo, the Crown Prince declined to make a ...

Tokyo, Nov. 29 (Jiji Press)--Wealthy people in Japan failed to declare a total of 65.5 billion yen in taxable income in the year through June, down 33.2 pct from the year before, a National Tax ...

During its eight years in office, Abe Shinzō’s second administration exemplified a global shift to governance driven by public opinion. This book is a detailed examination of political ...

Tokyo, Nov. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Toshiba Corp. said Friday that it has completed rightsizing its workforce by shedding or reassigning some 3,500 workers. In May, the electronics and machinery ...

In a custom similar to spring cleaning, Japan has long conducted susuharai (literally “sweeping away the soot”). Now commonly observed on December 13, in the past it marked the start of the ...