In the past in Japan, the tenth month of the lunar calendar heralded such events as households breaking out kotatsu as the ...

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

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

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 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--The Institute of Science Tokyo was inaugurated on Tuesday as a new university created by the ...

Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, held a ceremony at Tokyo Station on Tuesday to mark the ...

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

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

In the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election on September 27, Ishiba Shigeru came out on top, winning the party’s top position and becoming prime minister of Japan. A surprising fact to ...

Nagoya, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura said Tuesday that he will run in the next election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan's parliament. "I will start a ...