Tokyo, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--The Russian foreign ministry issued a statement on Monday marking the 100th anniversary the same day of the signing of the Japan-Soviet basic treaty, which revived ...

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--About 50 companies had announced the suspension of their commercials on Fuji Television Network Inc. as of Monday evening, following a report that an employee of the ...

The Fukagawa area in Tokyo’s Kōtō City grew up around the Fukagawa Fudōdō temple in the Edo period (1603–1868), and still has hints of those long-ago days. This is where Fukagawa Winery ...

Fukunaga Takeshi Born in Date, Hokkaidō, in 1982. Moved to the United States in 2007, where he majored in film at City University of New York Brooklyn College. His first feature film, Out of My ...

Washington, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese and Australian foreign ministers agreed in Washington on Sunday to further promote their countries' security cooperation while strengthening their ...

Nagano, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)--A man attacked two men and a woman with an apparent knife near JR Nagano Station in the central Japan city of Nagano on Wednesday, leaving one of the two men in his ...

Tokyo, Jan. 14 (Jiji Press)--The number of corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of 10 million yen or more in Japan last year rose 15.1 pct from the previous year to 10,006, surpassing 10,000 ...

Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--This year's two-day unified university entrance examinations in Japan ended Sunday. On the second day, applicants took exams on science and math, as well as ...

Tokyo, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--The relaxation of visa requirements for Chinese visitors, which was announced by the Japanese government last month, attracted criticism Tuesday at a meeting of the ...

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government plans to introduce a bill that would allow it to disclose the names of businesses using artificial intelligence to engage in malicious ...

Tokyo, Jan. 20 (Jiji Press)--Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto said Monday that the country is in an unusual situation over the current spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. “The ...

Tokyo, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Tuesday decided to promote Yoshinobu Kusunoki, deputy commissioner-general of the National Police Agency, to commissioner-general, effective ...