Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)--The temperature in the eastern Japan city of Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, soared to 41.8 degrees Celsius at 2:26 p.m.
Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Wednesday reaffirmed the two countries' commitment to promote stable relations betw
Tokyo, July 28 (Jiji Press)--Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the "Ashita no Joe" series, desperately hopes for continued peace as he does not want to see the wartime dire state
Nakijin, Okinawa Pref., July 25 (Jiji Press)--Junglia Okinawa, a large-scale nature-themed amusement
Tokyo, July 22 (Jiji Press)--Leaders of several Japanese opposition parties on Tuesday expressed an eagerness to enact legislation to lower the gasoline tax, af
Forty-two women were elected to the House of Councillors in Sunday's election, hitting a record high for the upper chamber of Japan's parliament.
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., July 18 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese high court branch Friday acquitted a 60-year-old man in a high-profile retrial over the 1986 murder of a 15-year-old junior high school gi
Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)--The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached an estimated 21,518,100 in the first half of 2025, passing the 20-million line at record pace, the Japan National Touris
Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--An increasing number of companies in Japan are recruiting women for fishery work in an attempt to address the sector's declining workforce.
