The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, to Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture commenced service on March 16, 2024. Fukui Prefecture now enjoying a tourism boost, with around 20% more ...

Osaka, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--Scandal-tainted Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. said Tuesday that its current president, Satoshi Yamane, will step down and executive officer Norikazu Toyoda will assume ...

Tokyo, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan Financial Services Agency decided to issue business improvement orders to car dealer Toyota Mobility Tokyo Inc. and used car dealer Goodspeed Co., it was learned ...

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 ...

The first impression of Tamamoto Eiko is one of petite, gentle femininity. Her Osaka upbringing shows through in her sense of humor, as well, as she sparks laughter even when lecturing about war ...

Aoshima, an island just off the coast in the northern part of Miyazaki Prefecture’s Nichinan Kaigan region, is designated a special natural monument as the home of 27 tropical and subtropical ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan has not carried out an execution since July 2022. The September 2024 acquittal of Hakamata Iwao, who spent decades on death row, has sparked fresh debate about capital punishment. Two and a ...

Nagoya/Chiba, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--The Aichi prefectural government said Sunday that outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been confirmed at three chicken farms and a quail farm in ...

Japan’s average temperature in 2024 was 1.48 degrees above the 30-year average for the period up to 2020, indicating the advance of climate change. In 2024, the average temperature in Japan was ...

Osaka, Jan. 21 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese court has ruled that the estimated lost wages of a girl with hearing difficulties who died in a traffic accident are considered the same as those for people ...