Tokyo, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese retail rice prices fell on average for the first time in three weeks as the government ...

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)--Bereaved families of former Korean Class-B and C criminals who served Japan during the Pacific War, part of World War II, continue to seek apologies and compensation from ...

Tokyo, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered a former outside staff member of Japan Broadcasting Corp, or NHK, to pay the public entity 11 million yen in compensation for making ...

Tokyo, Sept. 1 (Jiji Press)--Akira Ishii resigned as a member of Japan's House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, on Monday over allegations of fraud involving secretary pay.

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Justice Ministry compiled a draft ordinance setting the amount of legally mandated ...

Yokohama, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)--A burlap sack containing multiple human bones was found at a vacant house site in Aikawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, in mid-August, investigative sources said ...

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--McDonald’s Japan has canceled a plan to offer trading cards from the popular Japanese manga ...

News; S. Korea's Lee Reiterates Intention to Uphold Past Accords with Japan; S. Korea's Lee Reiterates Intention to Uphold Past Accords with Japan. News from Japan. World Aug 21, ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Cindy McCain, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, has called for the world to pay attention to African countries suffering from famine, refugee and other ...

Oita, Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)--The two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members who died Sunday during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, were ...

In light of high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, the experts recommended actively considering South Korea's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement ...

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan will work on nurturing experts in artificial intelligence to help African countries to achieve economic growth and solve social problems, Japanese Prime Minister ...