Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Finance Ministry on Wednesday downgraded its economic assessments for five of the nation's 11 regions, citing fallout from a surge in crude oil prices and a slu

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will provide intensive support to 30 universities to achieve Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's goal of drastically increasing foreign students in Ja

Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--The government is considering capping fund requests by ministries and agencies for policy measures under the fiscal 2009 budget at nearly 47.8 trillion yen, informed so

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)--Japan and Australia will hold talks on a bilateral economic partnership agreement in Tokyo from next Monday through Aug. 1, the Japanese government said Tuesday.

Tokyo, July 23 (Jiji Press)--Japanese companies and households need to take risks for high investment returns to ensure sustained growth of Japan's economy as its population rapidly ages and declin

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)--Jibun Bank, Japan's first bank
specializing in offering banking services online through mobile phones, started operations on Thursday.

Tokyo, July 11 (Jiji Press)--Japan's health ministry plans toregulate the sales of colored contact lenses in the country by designating them as medical devices, following a series of reports of eye

Tokyo, June 28 (Jiji Press)--U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon,

Geneva, June 30 (Jiji Press)--The World Customs Organization at a general meeting in Geneva Saturday elected Kunio Mikuriya, a former Japanese Finance Ministry official, as its next secretary-gener

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)--The Lotte group, a Japanese
confectionery giant, has agreed with Belgium's Chocolaterie Guylian NV to acquire the premium chocolate maker.