As preparations continue at the site of next year’s Osaka Kansai Expo, a massive wooden structure has been completed. The ...

Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday elected former party Secretary-General ...

Otaki, Nagano Pref., Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--A memorial service was held Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the eruption ...

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--Shareholders of Japanese regional banking group Jimoto Holdings Inc. on Friday ...

Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Immigration Services Agency said Friday that it has given special residence permission ...

Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--The leadership election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party headed to a runoff between ...

Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese home appliance maker Sharp Corp. said Thursday that it will launch on Oct. 21 an air ...

Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average extended gains and the yen plunged past 146 per dollar on Friday afternoon as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership ...

Born in Tottori Prefecture in 1957, Ishiba Shigeru, the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party and Japan’s next prime minister, was not a career politician from the start. After graduating from ...

The Japan National Tourism Organization calculated that the first half of 2024 saw almost 18 million visitors to the country, outpacing by a large margin the same period for 2019, which had a ...

The government released a prefecture-by-prefecture ranking of the wage gap between men and women. Tochigi Prefecture had the largest gap, with women’s wages only 70% of men’s wages. Nationwide, Tokyo ...

This year’s summer Kōshien baseball pennant went to a surprise champion: Kyoto International Junior and Senior High School, a ...