Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan has unified the criminal punishments of imprisonment with labor and imprisonment without ...

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Monday set a new target of increasing the balance of direct investment from abroad to 150 trillion yen by the early 2030s. The government also revised its target ...

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Capital spending by nonfinancial Japanese firms hit a record high in the first quarter of this year, led by investment by transportation and postal service operators, the ...

Singapore, June 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto ...

Singapore, May 31 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the cyber field. Meeting in ...

Tokyo, May 29 (Jiji Press)--Stocks jumped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday after a U.S. trade court issued a ruling overnight blocking President Donald Trump's administration from imposing ...

Oda Kaori’s films are often thought of as documentaries, but their format diverges from the documentary style viewers are accustomed to. Oda’s filming method and approach to her subjects ...

Tokyo, May 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics confirmed Monday their countries' commitment to continued support for Ukraine in its war ...

Tokyo, May 19 (Jiji Press)--Listed Japanese companies had offered buyout packages to 8,711 workers this year as of Thursday, nearly double the 4,654 workers in the same period of last year, a ...

Tokyo, May 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto on Monday withdrew his remarks that he never bought rice, which drew fire from opposition lawmakers amid persistently high prices ...

Tokyo, May 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito separately met with Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who were visiting Japan for the World Exposition ...

One hundred days into the second presidency of Donald Trump, public opinion has delivered a harsh verdict on the administration’s performance. In a joint Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll ...