Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)--Seven & i Holdings Co. may make a decision as early as May on buyout offers from Canadian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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)--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 ...

Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--A lunar lander developed by Japanese space exploration startup ispace Inc. was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday in its second attempt to ...

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 ...

Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--Spending by visitors to Japan in 2024 jumped 53.4 pct from the previous year to 8,139.5 billion yen, exceeding 8 trillion yen for the first time ever, the Japan ...

Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese research team has found that more than 40 pct of people feeling they slept enough actually lacked sleep. The team led by Masashi Yanagisawa, professor and ...

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 ...

Beijing, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese ruling party executives and Chinese Premier Li Qiang met in Beijing on Wednesday and agreed to seek the stable development of Japan-China relations.