Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Heavy snow continued to fall in some parts of Japan on Thursday due to the strongest cold air mass of the season, especially in the Tohoku northeastern region and the ...

In the tax system revisions made in late 2024, the Democratic Party for the People held the casting vote and advocated the increase of the “¥1.03 million wall”—the threshold at which wage ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Steel Corp. Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori said Thursday that the Japanese company is approaching U.S. President Donald Trump's administration in various ways on ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Thursday presented to an experts panel a plan to allow foreign nationals to engage in home care services under the country's specified skilled ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese lawmakers have submitted to the House of Councillors a bill to establish rules on so-called specified assisted reproductive technology, or fertility treatments ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--An official vehicle for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had a minor collision with a security vehicle at Imperial Hotel in Tokyo just after 7:50 a.m. Thursday.

New York, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Steel Corp. and United States Steel Corp. on Monday jointly filed an opening brief in their administrative lawsuit against former U.S. President Joe Biden's ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--The number of criminal offenses recognized by police in Japan in 2024 rose 4.9 pct from the previous year to 737,679, up for the third straight year, the National ...

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo High Court on Thursday ruled that the government's decision to deny a passport to freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda is illegal. Presiding Judge Hiro Misumi upheld a ...

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to stress the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait in a joint ...

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--A recent National Police Agency survey has shown that 76.6 pct of the respondents feel that Japan has become less safe over the past 10 years. According to the survey ...

Sapporo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--The Ski Association of Japan is focusing on developing star athletes as it aims for the Winter Olympics to be held in Japan in 2038 or later, its head, Masahiko ...