Osaka, May 17 (Jiji Press)--Traditional dances of the Ainu indigenous ethnic group in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, were performed on Saturday at the ongoing 2025 World Exposition in the western city ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a dinner for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at their residence in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday.

The special exhibition Tsutaya Jūzaburō: Creative Visionary of Edo is currently running until June 15 at the Heiseikan building of Tokyo National Museum. This exhibition showcases around 250 ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan and the European Union will expand their mutual recognition arrangement for organic food so that a wider range of products can be labeled as organic food for ...

Japan has seen an increase in robberies and other illegal acts by tokuryū, a new type of loosely organized criminal group that recruits members on social media with the promise of high payouts.

Silicon Valley, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Netflix Inc. has announced plans to stream "Hotaru no Haka" (Grave of the Fireflies), an animated film produced by Studio Ghibli Inc., from July 15 in Japan.

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--The combined net profit of three major Japanese banking groups in fiscal 2024 grew 25.3 pct from the previous year to 3,926.3 billion yen, hitting a record high for the ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. and mobile phone carrier SoftBank Corp. said Thursday that they have agreed to form a comprehensive partnership in the digital ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is considering adding three more sectors to the list of fields covered by its program to grant residency status to foreign workers with so ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan Display Inc. said Thursday that it will cut about 1,500 jobs in Japan, or nearly 60 pct of its domestic workforce, as it is in the red for the 11th consecutive year.

Tokyo, May 13 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has said that Paraguay's President Santiago Pena and his wife will visit Japan for five days from next Monday. The president will hold talks ...

Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Japan's House of Councillors Cabinet Committee on Thursday approved by a majority vote an active cyberdefense bill to allow the government to monitor communications in ...