Tokyo, Oct. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japan's new Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Sunday vowed to "do everything possible" to secure funds to raise the share of the country's defense spending to its gross ...

Tokyo, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi left for Malaysia on Saturday to attend summit talks ...

Fukushima, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japanese industry minister Ryosei Akazawa on Saturday visited Tokyo Electric Power Company ...

Sociologist Shimoji Lawrence Yoshitaka discusses the often-overlooked diversity within the Japanese population, including ...

The political party Nippon Ishin no Kai, now tapped as a potential member of a ruling coalition in the national government, ...

Physician Yasukawa Keigo, who goes by the moniker Doctor Gon, has spent close to three decades caring for the elderly ...

Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)--The steering committee of Japan's House of Representatives decided Thursday that new Prime ...

A survey in Japan found almost all households feeling the effects of product price rises, especially for rice.

Koseki family registers in Japan maintain information about Japanese citizens and their households, providing proof of ...

The umbrella body for labor unions across the country compiled its basic plan for the 2026 shunto at a meeting of its central ...

Japan throws away massive amounts of still edible food even as rice prices soar. In a recently published book, journalist Ide ...

The University of Tokyo rose to twenty-sixth in the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings for 2026, and was the ...