Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government task force on Tuesday compiled a report seeking the strengthening of support for disaster-affected people, including through the introduction of ...

Nagoya, Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)--Ichiro Hirosawa, former deputy mayor of Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, won Sunday's ...

Tokyo, Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is coordinating a visit to China within this year at the ...

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 23 (Jiji Press)--The 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change ...

Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government presented a planned 39-trillion-yen comprehensive economic package to the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito at a ...

Travelers to Japan will almost certainly encounter the ekiben, a portmanteau referring to the ubiquitous bentō boxed meals sold at train stations, or eki. They are so popular that Japan Railways ...

Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)--A team including Japanese government-backed research institute Riken has developed a plastic material that is as strong and easy to process as conventional plastics ...

Tokyo, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)--Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that the outcome of the central bank's next ...

Japan’s digital transformation lumbers along, but entrenched management practices at Japanese traditional companies have kept organizations from adapting to the growing threat of ransomware and ...

Fukui, Nov. 21 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Electric Power Co. said Thursday that the No. 3 reactor at its Mihama nuclear power plant ...

Tokyo police have sent public prosecutors papers on three people involved in criminal investigations into machinery maker ...

Suttsu, Hokkaido, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese nuclear waste management body submitted a report Friday on the results of a survey to select a final disposal site for high-level radioactive ...