Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)--The internal affairs ministry has started a survey of all municipalities on the collection of the ...

Nagasaki, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)--Mayors for Peace, a worldwide organization of city leaders, started a three-day general ...

Since US President Trump launched his second administration in January this year, views of America have soured in Japan. A ...

The TOPIX finished the morning session at 3,037.11, up 49.19 points, or 1.65 pct, from the previous day's close. The ...

Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese education minister Toshiko Abe on Friday voiced deep disappointment over violent bullying at a baseball team that is currently competing in the national summer ...

Tokyo, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)--The Yomiuri Shimbun has sued U.S. artificial intelligence-powered search engine Perplexity at Tokyo District Court for alleged copyright infringement of the major Japanese ...

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)--The Cabinet Office said Thursday that Japan's gross domestic product in fiscal 2025 is expected ...

For the year ending March 2026, Sony Group now projects an operating profit of 1,330 billion yen, up from the previous ...

Tokyo, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter crashed into the ocean off Ibaraki Prefecture, ...

Now, 40 years later, the pain of that tragic summer has started to thaw. Over the decades, the woman, a 74-year-old ...

Washington, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--The U.S. government praised people of Hiroshima on Tuesday, a day before the 80th ...

Tokyo, Aug. 6 (Jiji Press)--Major Japanese firms agreed to increase monthly pay through pay scale hikes and regular raises by ...