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

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)--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. 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.

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. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated his call Saturday for revising the bilateral status of forces agreement with the United States. "I know how hard it ...

Marumori, Miyagi Pref., Oct. 12 (Jiji Press)--A ceremony was held in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Saturday to remember victims of flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rain ...