In a year of political upheaval dominated by the fallout from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s kickbacks scandal, Ishiba ...

Tokyo, Dec. 31 (Jiji Press)--Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are expected to discuss a plan for Honda to own a majority ...

Tokyo, Dec. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japan's political parties are groping for ways to capitalize on social media ahead of next ...

While mentioning the rise of Global South emerging and developing countries such as India and Brazil, Mimura declared that ...

As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made in ...

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba mourned Sunday's death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a statement released Monday. "I was deeply saddened to hear ...

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)--High school students in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, are actively involved in reconstruction efforts following the Noto ...

TAKENAKA HARUKATA US President-elect Donald Trump has wasted no time announcing his choices for key cabinet posts and other high-level positions. We’ve heard that he plans to nominate Marco ...

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo stocks lost ground on Monday, the final market day of 2024, but the benchmark Nikkei 225 average finished at its best year-end level ever. The Nikkei gave up 386 ...

Tokyo, Dec. 30 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese Association of Metal, Machinery and Manufacturing Workers, or JAM, does not rule out the possibility of member unions going on strike in the 2025 "shunto ...

Working for a publishing company, I had the privilege of talking to Yamasaki Toyoko on numerous occasions. The first time I met the author was at her home in Osaka. I was nervous, as I imagined ...

Those Japan lost in 2024 include the conductor Ozawa Seiji, who achieved remarkable success worldwide; Toriyama Akira, the manga artist behind Dragon Ball; actor Nishida Toshiyuki; and many more.