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

Until recently, Ishiba Shigeru was regarded as a has-been within the Liberal Democratic Party. It was only after revelations that some factions of the LDP had been diverting undeclared proceeds ...

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, now plans not to give the party's official endorsement in the upcoming ...

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--Japanese public prosecutors said Tuesday that they will not appeal a district court ruling last month that acquitted 88-year-old Iwao Hakamata in his retrial for the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--A rally to call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was held in Tokyo on Saturday, ahead of the first anniversary Monday of the start of the large-scale armed ...

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

Tokyo, Oct. 7 (Jiji Press)--The mayors of two wards in central Tokyo on Monday called for people to follow rules during the Halloween season. The Shibuya and Shinjuku wards have each set an ...

Seita Akihiro traveled to Gaza from Jordan’s capital Amman, site of the headquarters of UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. It was the ...

The number of workers aged over 65 in Japan rose for the twentieth consecutive year to reach 9.1 million in 2023. Figures from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications show that Japan ...

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--New Japanese Justice Minister Hideki Makihara admitted Tuesday that he and his secretary have attended events related to the Unification Church a total of 37 times.

Tokyo, Oct. 8 (Jiji Press)--The new commander of U.S. forces stationed in Japan pledged on Tuesday his relentless effort to make the bilateral alliance more solid. "I will do all within my ...

Speaking to a room of elementary school children, Yamada Kimihisa queries his young audience: “Who knows the right way to trim nails?” The question draws puzzled looks, but as a nail trimming ...