Tokyo, Nov. 28 (Jiji Press)--A fire broke out at the home of Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi in Tokyo on Wednesday ...

Tokyo, Nov. 24 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is coordinating a visit to China within this year at the ...

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government task force on Tuesday compiled a report seeking the strengthening of support for disaster-affected people, including through the introduction of ...

Outside Japan, Donald Keene (1922–2019) achieved international esteem as one of the leading translators, interpreters, and scholars of Japan in modern times, but he was even more widely known ...

Amano Yasukawara Sacred to: Omoikane-no-kami and the myriad deities (yaoyorozu no kami) Location: Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture The cave is located on the precincts of the Ama-no-Iwato Shrine ...

Tokubetsu katsudō, or tokkatsu, are special activities outside the academic curriculum that can include class meetings, the designation of students as class leader of the day, classroom cleaning ...

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)--Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito on Monday denied paying a company to run his social media campaign in the Nov. 17 gubernatorial election in the western Japan prefecture.

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japanese prefectural governors asked the central government Monday to have consideration for regional finances in discussions between ruling and opposition parties ...

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 23 (Jiji Press)--The 29th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change ...

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japanese travel agency H.I.S. Co. said Monday that subsidiary Number One Travel Shibuya Co. is likely to have fraudulently received government subsidies to help ...

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japan's four major life insurers have posted higher core business profits in April-September, thanks chiefly to higher investment gains reflecting the weak yen.

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japan's labor ministry will enhance measures against companies that make workers use their own money and buy products they sell to reach their sales quotas, it was ...