Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's labor shortage will reach 17.75 million hours per day in 2035, equivalent to 3.84 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a ritual "masakaki" tree offering at Yasukuni Shrine ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--A Liberal Democratic Party faction led by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama has ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Subaru Corp. on Thursday unveiled a new hybrid system that enables vehicles to travel more than ...

Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Hoshino Resorts Inc. said Thursday that it will open an "onsen ryokan" Japanese-style hot spring inn in the U.S. state of New York in 2028. Hoshino Resorts said ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japanese political parties are trying to lure voters by pledging to implement measures to reduce ...

Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Cumulative spending by foreign visitors to Japan in January-September 2024 reached 5,858.2 ...

Tuna has become a standard part of sushi and sashimi menus all around the world under its Japanese name: maguro. Japan has developed a reputation as the world’s largest tuna consumer, but some ...

Tokyo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday that he will visit Belgium and Italy over six days from Wednesday to attend a NATO defense ministers meeting in Belgium.

Tokyo, Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese Communist Party is unlikely to withdraw its constituency candidates for cooperation with other opposition parties in the Oct. 27 general election, its ...

Tokyo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)--New Japanese Environment Minister Keiichiro Asao has expressed his wish to participate in the COP29 U.N. climate conference to be held in Azerbaijan in November.

In the two and a half years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Japan has provided the Ukrainians with a steady stream of humanitarian aid, support for recovery and ...