Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--Shinji Ishimaru, the runner-up in the Tokyo governor race last July, announced Wednesday the launch of a regional political party to field candidates in the election ...

Over 800 years ago, Kamakura flourished as Japan’s shogunal capital, with the samurai class and others nurturing a new culture of fortitude and vigor apart from the aristocratic centers of Nara ...

Seoul, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his South Korean counterpart, Cho Tae-yul, on Monday ...

Tokyo, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called on U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to take ...

Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese public prosecutors plan to issue a summary indictment against an accountant over a political funds scandal involving Liberal Democratic Party members in the ...

New York, Jan. 14 (Jiji Press)--Dalton Investments and an affiliate Tuesday urged Japan's Fuji Media Holdings Inc. to set up a third-party committee of external experts to investigate a reported ...

The Japanese government and nuclear power plant operators have long grappled with how to dispose of spent fuel and other high-level radioactive waste. Authorities finally settled on the approach ...

Washington, Jan. 14 (Jiji Press)--U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, who will be President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser, said Tuesday that Trump's administration will continue to strengthen ...

Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--The Bank of Japan will discuss and decide whether to raise interest rates at its policy-setting meeting next week, Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday. The economic ...

Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--Aeon Financial Service Co. President Kenji Fujita has resigned after subsidiary Aeon Bank received a business improvement order from Japan’s Financial Services ...

Japan is known for its long life expectancy, but extending the period in which people are fully healthy is another important target. In 2022, “healthy life expectancy,” the period during which ...

Tokyo, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan Monday night, causing a tsunami of 20 centimeters to hit Miyazaki Prefecture. The earthquake with an estimated magnitude ...