Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Emboldened by a historic victory in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, the ruling ...

Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's major opposition Centrist Reform Alliance on Tuesday recommended Keiichi Ishii as vice ...

Hiroshima, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--The Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors Office on Monday indicted Hiroshima Toyo Carp fielder Ryutaro Hatsuki on charges of violating the pharmaceuticals and medical ...

Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will pledge in her upcoming policy speech to accelerate efforts to submit bills to revise tax-related legislation, aiming to cut ...

Japan’s average working hours reached a new low of 1,650 in fiscal 2024.

According to movie information provider Kogyo Tsushinsha, Kokuho now ranks 10th among all-time box office hits in Japan, ...

As digital technologies evolve, so do the kinds of information the public sees. How is the growing use of generative AI ...

According to the indictment, Iitsuka killed the probation officer, Hiroshi Shinjo, 60, by stabbing and slashing him in the neck and chest multiple times with a knife and an ax during an interview ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Monday began sending electricity from its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, to the Tokyo metropolitan area for the ...

Yoshimura told a meeting of JIP executives in the city of Osaka, the capital of the western Japan prefecture, Sunday that he aims to conduct a local referendum on the so-called Osaka metropolis plan ...

Tokyo, Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Former Sega Corp. President Hideki Sato, who helped develop the firm's flagship gaming consoles, including the Mega Drive, died at 75 on Friday, the company said on its ...

The figure skating pairs medal, the country's fourth gold at the ongoing sporting festival, matched its highest-ever gold medal haul in a Winter Olympics held outside Japan. The country has bagged ...