Kesennuma, Miyagi Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)--Marika Suzuki, a 27-year-old public relations worker for the Kesennuma city ...

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government adopted Tuesday its basic policy for operating a new skill development program for foreign workers that will replace the existing technical intern ...

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)--Seven & i Holdings Co. said Thursday it plans to list its North American convenience store unit ...

Washington, March 3 (Jiji Press)--U.S. President Donald Trump alleged Monday that Japan and China are guiding their ...

Washington, March 6 (Jiji Press)--U.S. President Donald Trump voiced fresh dissatisfaction with the Japan-U.S. security treaty Thursday. "We have to protect Japan, but under no circumstances do ...

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)--Trial Holdings Inc., a discount store operator based in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region, said Wednesday that it will acquire supermarket operator Seiyu Co. Trial ...

Tokyo, March 7 (Jiji Press)--SBI Shinsei Bank said Friday it has reached an agreement with the Japanese government on measures to repay some 330 billion yen in remaining public funds. The bank ...

Tokyo, March 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday expressed his eagerness to establish a security framework for the Pacific region with Australia and New Zealand.

In August 1945, in the closing days of World War II, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. America is thus far the only country to make use of ...

Koreeda Hirokazu’s seven-episode drama Asura is currently streaming worldwide on Netflix. Set in Tokyo in 1979, it depicts a family reeling from the discovery that the father, Takezawa Kōtarō ...

Kobe, March 4 (Jiji Press)--The Hyogo prefectural assembly's special committee on harassment allegations against Governor Motohiko Saito said in a report released Tuesday that the prefectural ...

Ofunato, Iwate Pref., March 3 (Jiji Press)--The forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, spread further on Monday, bringing the total area burned to about 2,100 hectares.