A survey in Japan found that 84% of Japanese teenagers ate rice almost every day.

Japan’s newly appointed Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has avoided selecting any politicians connected to the Liberal ...

A parade of European warships and military aircraft passed through Japan over the summer, amid a growing awareness that the ...

Aboard Research Vessel Mirai, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese oceanographic research ship Mirai arrived at Dutch Harbor ...

Kyoto, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--A live kidney transplant between a same-sex couple has been performed for the first time at Kyoto ...

Kubota Corp.'s online ceremony was joined by 284 people who have secured informal job offers from the agricultural machinery ...

The October 1, 1964, opening of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line connecting Tokyo and Osaka changed rail history. The conventional Tōkaidō main line carried multiple passenger and freight trains ...

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday expressed serious concern about the potential escalation into a full ...

Tokyo, Sept. 30 (Jiji Press)--The new leaders of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its partner, Komeito, signed a ...

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)--Leaders from the Group of Seven major democracies on Wednesday reaffirmed that they will work closely together in their responses to heightened tensions in the Middle East.

The facility, modeled on the U.S. Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which developed the ...

Japan’s centenarian population continues to tick steadily upward, rising by almost 3,000 year on year to reach 95,000, as of September 2024. As of September 1, 2024, there were 95,119 ...