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. 22 (Jiji Press)--Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Nihon Hidankyo, pledged on Tuesday to continue recounting the horrors of a nuclear attack for the rest of his ...

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--An idea of holding a special session of the Diet from Nov. 7 after the upcoming general election has emerged within the government and ruling parties, informed sources ...

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Some 1,436 million yen in government-funded COVID-19 relief loans was extended to welfare recipients in Japan, who were not eligible for the lending, the Board of ...

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo reaffirmed bilateral cooperation over the situation in the East and South China ...

Tokyo, Oct. 19 (Jiji Press)--A 49-year-old man was arrested Saturday morning after throwing several objects that were likely firebombs at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo.

Namie, Fukushima Pref., Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Palestine Liberation Organization officials in charge of refugee affairs in the West Bank joined a training session on responding to disasters Tuesday ...

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

In examining Japan and its culture, I often find myself drawn to the adjective isagiyoi—which might be rendered in various contexts as “resolute,” “upright,” or “gallant”—as a ...

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Both Japanese ruling and opposition parties have promised continued wage increases to help counter soaring prices in their campaigning for an election on Sunday for ...

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japan set out to phase out the use of nuclear power plants after the country's worst nuclear accident at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant in March 2011, when ...

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly fell more than 700 points on Tuesday, amid political uncertainties ahead of key elections in Japan and the United ...