Naha, Okinawa Pref., Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Naha District Court on Friday sentenced a 25-year-old U.S. airman to five years in ...

Shizuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--The Shizuoka prefectural government Friday unveiled the outline of a draft ordinance calling ...

Hiroshima, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Hiroshima High Court turned down second-generation hibakusha's appeal for state compensation ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that holding hearings of a parliamentary ...

Fukuoka, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Kyushu Railway Co., or JR Kyushu, is considering withdrawing from a ship route between Japan and South Korea, over a scandal in which a subsidiary covered up a water ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--The number of "kodomo shokudo" cafeterias providing meals mainly to needy children for free or ...

Tokyo, Dec. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, have agreed ...

This figure, a national treasure, is housed in the Nara Prefecture temple Kōfukuji. Demons like this are normally shown being ...

Japan celebrates its matsuri, or festivals, all through the year. Here we take a look at three of these events with literally nothing to hide—the “naked festivals” whose participants wear the bare ...

A survey conducted by the think tank Persol Research and Consulting of around 20,000 employees in customer-facing professions ...

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--Japan is considering raising the annual income cap for dependent children with part-time jobs, including university students, under a special tax deduction program from ...

Tokyo, Dec. 12 (Jiji Press)--Nobuhiro Torii, executive vice president of Japanese beverage giant Suntory Holdings Ltd., will be promoted to its president to succeed Takeshi Niinami, it was learned ...