Naha, Okinawa Pref., Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Naha District Court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old U.S. airman to five years in ...

Shizuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--The Shizuoka prefectural government Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, have agreed ...

Hiroshima, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Hiroshima High Court turned down second-generation hibakusha's appeal for state compensation ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that holding hearings of a parliamentary ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--The number of "kodomo shokudo" cafeterias providing meals mainly to needy children for free or ...

Japan celebrates its matsuri, or festivals, all through the year. Here we take a look at three of these events with literally ...

Fukuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water ...

A survey conducted by the think tank Persol Research and Consulting of around 20,000 employees in customer-facing professions ...

This figure, a national treasure, is housed in the Nara Prefecture temple Kōfukuji. Demons like this are normally shown being ...

The kanji 金, carrying meanings like “gold” and “money,” was selected once again as the Kanji of the Year by popular vote.

At a plenary meeting of the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, the draft budget with 13,943.3 billion yen in ...